Word: odd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...odd that the man I spend my life working for," says Walker, "I frequently...
...Yesterday I went sight-seeing with Mrs. konshi. We make quite a pair. She majored in English in college and speaks quite well. We've settled into this funny pattern in which she speaks to me in English, and I speak to her in Japanese. Although it sounds odd, it actually feels quite natural. We correct each other whenever necessary, and talk about all sorts of American and Japanese customs. I am sure people that hear us talking must think we are nuts...
Other details, like the music played in the last scene and the stylized speed with which the curtains are dropped and raised, add polish to the production. The only unprofessional note is the odd moment right before the play in which an employee from the theater comes on stage and informs audience members on how to become members of the Huntington "subscriber family," rattling off a series of prices, discounts and package deals. The infomercial aspect of this interlude is uncouth, and both the Huntington representative and the audience are made uncomfortable...
...Phillips, 62, was shopping at a San Diego mall with her husband Eric when she felt an odd tugging on the right side of her face. Her mouth twisted into a lurid grimace. Suddenly she felt weak. "What kind of game are you playing?" asked Eric. "I'm not," Lee tried to respond--but her words came out in a jumble. "Let's go to the hospital," Eric urged her. All Lee wanted to do was go home and lie down. Fortunately, as it turned out, her husband helped summon an ambulance instead...
...Odd that the same electorate that had scorned George Bush four years ago for the lack of a vision thing did not seem to mind that the man they chose over him was organizing his office around staplers and postage stamps. But a lot had happened since 1992: the Republicans in Congress showed a nasty streak about Medicare and Medicaid that most people wanted no part of; Gingrich had ceased to be amusing as Newt the Menace, and was now seen as the Bad Seed; and the voters, who had not encountered a vision since Ronald Reagan, did not think...