Word: perking
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...miserable job, a sarcastic wife, three whining daughters and an auto that lacks air conditioning. Harry has mysterious amounts of time and money to lavish on them. Michel suddenly gets a new car, his grasping parents soon disappear, and the rest of his family begins gratifyingly to perk up. By the end of the film, Michel and his family have everything they ever wanted and some boons they never imagined...
Fellow members of the Class of 2001, who now become the youngest members in the vast Harvard alumni giving pool, and our classmates who we leave behind: Perk up your ears, prick up your noses and lose your leashes—-this University needs some watchdogs...
...little built of a guilt complex," Kane says. "When Uncle Sam came and pointed his finger, we just said yes." Kane, who went on to be officer in command in Dakar, Algiers and Lisbon, says he took the job out of a commitment to civic duty. An added perk was the starting $33,000 salary, "more money than I ever could have imagined...
...admission. And while previous donors of at least $175,000 will be present at Cheney's home, they have contributed nothing to the Bush bash the following night. Still, comparisons to the Clintons' use of the Lincoln Bedroom seemed inevitable. "Is the Vice President's mansion the latest perk?" asked a G.O.P. veteran...
...extra perk of her leave, she notes that "I'm going to enjoy snoozing through those lively party nights which otherwise so often interrupt a senior tutor's dreams...