Word: oyster
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...jumpsuits pitching Campbell's soup and Kellogg's cornflakes into a mock toxic-waste bin. The crowd shouting, "Hey, hey, ho, ho--GMO has got to go!" And, at the podium, Jesse Cool, a popular restaurant owner, wondering what would happen if she served a tomato spliced with an oyster gene and a customer got sick. "I could get sued," she says...
...Someone to Watch Over Me - George & Ira Gershwin (performed by anyone except Elton John) 2. The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields (performed by Fred Astaire) 3. (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Donald Roeser (performed, of course, by Blue Oyster Cult) 4. Your Cheating Heart - Williams by Williams 5. Round Midnight - Thelonious by Thelonious (most particularly the solo piano version) 6. He's a Quiet Guy - Supposedly by Phil Spector with Poncia/Andreoli Phil probably had nothing to do with it; performed by Darlene Love on the B side of "Stumble and Fall" 7. Telstar - Joe Meek (performed...
Oppenheim is perhaps justified in his cynicism regarding Harvard, but none of us are justified in our unwillingness to strive for change. If you take anything from hearing "the world is your oyster," it should be the knowledge that the power to try and change things for the better is yours...
...arrogant self-righteousness. I have often wondered what might be wrong with a person who, dissatisfied with their food, would actually yell at a waiter at a restaurant. Now I know--they probably went to Harvard. Too many people here have been told that the world is their oyster. And, they've been told far too many times. We all have an exceptional aptitude for academics, but we are not gods or royalty. The student in the crepe shop, like so many here, had clearly forgotten the distinction between a high SAT score and divine right. To be fair, Harvard...
...Leonard Wu is prepared: for hay fever, for wood splinters, for kindergarden arts and crafts. His pockets are crammed with construction-paper scissors, oyster-opening pliers, eyebrow-plucking tweezers, extra-strength Kleenex packets and a bus schedule...