Word: objectional
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...polka-dotted-muu-muu-wearing jester with a head in the shape of a soft-serve ice-cream cone. Having his brain squeezed into such a tiny space grants Zippy a kind of American culture satori - he exists entirely in the moment - instantly obsessed with whatever trend or object passes in front of him. (He will even turn phrases such as "Diflucan Fluconazole," or "Quilted Crystal Jelly Jars," into mantras.) As a result many of the strips demand a similar kind of mysticism from the reader. You must accept that being a joke does not require being a joke...
...cases, subjected to more aggressive searches than ordinary passengers. An airline captain told TIME that while in uniform and on his way to a flight, he had to remove articles of clothing, and once he even had the lining pulled out of his suitcase. "Pilots can't complain or object because our airlines will discipline us or even fire us," he said. "As a pilot, the public trusts my skills, character and judgment to keep them safe, but it's becoming an ordeal even to get to the plane." Airport security most likely will only get tougher. To meet...
...asteroid was detected only two weeks before it flew by. If it had been headed toward impact, those in the target area would have had barely enough time to write their wills. Eleanor Helin, whose Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking group discovered the asteroid, estimates that, on average, one object the size of 2001 YB5 or larger passes close by annually; many such asteroids are undetected. Her goal, and that of the other asteroid hunters, is to identify the intruders, plot their orbits and predict possible impacts further in advance. That might just provide enough time for measures to deflect...
...your personal, involved, independently-minded assertion, your only job is to keep me awake. When I sleep I give C’s. How? By FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for—a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and this is what gets A’s. Underline them, capitalize them, insert them in the top, “Illustrate...
...through many of the vignettes. With explicit overtones of the Leopold and Loeb murder case, the disappearance of a dopey-looking kid becomes the running theme of the book. Then, as if he didn't set enough of a challenge for himself, Clowes will often carry some event or object over from one vignette to the next. In one of the more goofball episodes, "Blue Bunny," a violent cartoon rabbit echoes a stuffed animal seen on the previous page...