Word: perking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Joanis considers his positive impact on thecrowd as the greatest perk of the job. "Everyonewho looks at me smiles, and I become a smilesymbol. That's great. I love that.Seeing everyonesmile, that fills me with joy," Joanis glows.Suddenly his face takes on a facetious scowl, andhe continues, "Because I imagine people going onangry, looking at each other, and some of themshooting at each other. And to see that somebodydoesn't come with a gun on you, they only comewith a smile, it can really make you feel good...
...work he operates from the same kind of cubicle that everyone else at the company gets. (One perk: a view. Of the parking lot.) He keeps a support staff of three busy. He has developed his own special "mail codes"--f/u for "follow up"--that let him zip through his In box with special efficiency. A faithful assistant once put together a Grove-to-English dictionary for new assistants bewildered by the CEO's avalanche of time-saving abbreviations...
...Nectars to specialty blends from the Republic of Tea. (The discriminating tea connoisseur can choose from the exotic Dragon Well, advertised as ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu's Tea, to the more mundane Earl Grey.) For $1.25, a weary English concentrator can grab a regular cup of coffee to perk up before glancing through Cliffs Notes to Jane Austen's Emma, which can be found on the third floor...
...election for Undergraduate Council president is not among them. In the last election, I had the dubious honor of finishing second, and I quickly discovered that the silver medal and a token could get me a ride on the subway. However, the second-place finisher may enjoy one perk: some may believe that his status as a former candidate qualifies him to be an election analyst. In what follows, I test this hypothesis by endorsing a pair of candidates in the upcoming council election, and offering my analysis of where the council is and ought to be going. If some...
...second recommendation, geared specifically to you puritans: the more coffee, the better. Studies have shown that men and women who drink at least one cup of coffee a day are nearly twice as likely (twice!) to describe themselves as sexually active. An extra perk: men who like the java report fewer problems with, uh, keeping it up, as they...