Word: pitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Could we soon be hearing the pitter-patter of little John-Johns? More
...young woman he recruited last year when she was 18. "Recruiters' wives call it the 'officer and a gentleman syndrome,'" explains the estranged wife, who declined to be identified while the divorce is pending. "Those cute girls see that man in that uniform, and their hearts just go pitter-patter pitter-patter. They don't see a man who's got a marriage, a family and kids--they just see the uniform...
Commanding the stage in a barbershop quartet-style outfit, Boston soloist Christopheren Nomura accepted the challenge to make a few more female hearts go pitter-pat. However, Nomura simply could not consistently execute the intense and virile baritone sound required by these haunting and often histrionic ballads. Famous for his smashing successes on the interntional vocal scene, the young singer has been praised for his smooth, "lean" sound. Perhaps such high expectations made Sunday's performance a tad disappointing. It seemed as if Nomura were holding back, afraid to overpower the audience with the full weight and resonance...
...hear the pitter-pattering all over campus. And soon after, you can actually see them--a group of Harvard undergraduates dancing in and around the various dining halls, interrupting our meals and leaving us with that song in our heads: Ooh...ah...City Step, City Step...ooh...ah. The efforts of these Harvard students (especially in the last few weeks), however, also leave us with the belief that there is much more to be appreciated in life--even life at Harvard--than academics and athletics...
...THIS CASE do not refer to the buff bodies in the Mather House dining hall but to the dozen or so babies who have recently appeared during meals. This year, due to an overwhelming number of house tutors with young children, Matherites have been growing increasingly accustomed to the pitter-patter of little feet. Three-month-olds are bottle-fed in the dining halls; preschoolers solemnly peruse Mother Goose in Mather's cozy concrete library. It is even said (albeit by shaky sources) that they can be found in the weight room. Is this explosion of fecundity a mere coincidence...