Word: odd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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People behave in odd and unaccountable ways during fires. Such holocausts can still instill strange hilarity in some, or make even the most trained and disciplined person break down. One of our neighbors--another old-timer--served cocktails on the veranda as the fire crept over the hill. Another nearby resident, an experienced stewardess, drove while-eyed and panic-stricken down the hill in the family's only car, leaving her husband, her daughter and her horses stranded in the path of the oncoming flames...
...described as "borderline," the Tylenol killer can appear outwardly conventional. He may undergo transient psychosis intermixed with healthy intervals. Herbert Quay, professor of psychology at the University of Miami, notes chillingly: "My guess is that there are people around the killer right now who think he or she is odd, but not a threat to their lives...
...seems so long ago. But if you think very hard you might remember multi-hour gas lines, odd and even days, and perhaps a siphon burn or two. Those were just a few of the facts of life of the mid-1970s oil crust that gave a real fright to Americans, forcing them to insulate their homes, sell their Cadillacs and pay attention to a faraway group of Arab nations...
...archaeologists, scraping the dirt off a pile of shards and filing various artifacts into hundreds of cardboard boxes that line an entire wall. "This place is conducive to doing work that has no real theme to it," says one. "Accessibility is pretty important too," adds another. "We work pretty odd hours...
...Read the unexpurgated De Profundis. Poor Oscar Wilde ... odd that such brilliant wit should be allied to no humor...