Word: perk
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...thesis and becoming obsessed with it is a thin one (maybe even invisible to some of us) which is usually crossed by mid-February. One moment, we're (fairly) normal people who are happy to discuss current events at dinner; the next we're catatonic slugs who perk up only at the mention of a possible bibliographic citation for our topic. You can diagnose an obsessed thesis writer using the following check-list of symptoms: the room is piled high with over-due library books; you can't see the desk for the post-it notes and index cards covering...
...quality schooling. Among other things, Edison facilities provide more instruction than the typical public school--eight hours a day vs. seven, and 200 days a year vs. 180. Every Edison student above the second grade gets free use of a home computer linked to a library, a particularly prized perk among Edison students, 60% of whom come from families with incomes below the poverty line...
...perk would be free donuts. We can't get them a line because of union rules," he said...