Word: protoplasm
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...Initial responses were mixed. A reviewer for the Austin American-Statesman griped, "I don't remember ever seeing animated retching before, and hope to never see it again." Campus critics took a different view. Ren's constant bleat -- "You bloated sack of protoplasm!" -- began to replace Bart Simpson's "Eat my shorts!" as their put-down of choice. Frank Zappa joined the fan club. So did Robert De Niro and pop singer Matthew Sweet. Dormitories at Yale, the University of Michigan and U.S.C. staged viewing parties, where undergraduates displayed their new Ren & Stimpy T shirts...
Democracy usually requires that its battles be fought in the legislatures. But in the 16 years since Roe was decided, the nation has avoided a full-scale political brawl between those at one extreme who feel that a fetus is a mass of dependent protoplasm to be extracted without regret and those at the other pole who believe that an embryo deserves protection from the moment of conception. With Roe in place, politicians could pay rhetorical homage to the pro-life movement without having to act on their professed dislike of abortion. Pro-choice groups, confident that the Roe ruling...
EACH year sixteen hundred parents send their little bundles of protoplasm off to Harvard with great delight. In addition to the obvious pleasure of having finally rid themselves of the slimey things--many of which are notorious for leaving their towels on the bathroom floor--the parents are now prematurely afforded the opportunity to declare success to all who will listen. Until graduation, Harvard students are automatically granted, or burdened with, success status. After graduation, it becomes their job to maintain...
...timing, like his trademark white suit, was impeccable and dramatic. After two-stepping through the Eisenhower era, America was ready to rock 'n' roll. Wolfe covered the arrival of the Beatles for their first U.S. tour and caught the moment with a description of hysterical fans throbbing like alien protoplasm against the plate glass of the airport waiting room. The story stretched conventional journalistic license, but few readers could deny that this brightly tailored, soft-spoken Virginian was up to something...
...often find myself immersed in gasoline and jumping head first into flaming buildings only to discover that I have forgotton to don my asbestos undergarments. Oh, diary, sometimes I think nothing makes any sense...if all living material is composed of protoplasm does this mean that Christie Brinkley is made of the same material as Buddy Hackett...