Word: ratting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...well into her search for her lost self and a 12-point recovery program that includes imagery, hypnosis, meditation, unlearning, relearning and the Universal "I." She traces her loss of self to the day her 300-lb. father, an itinerant salesman, abandoned her when she was 10 in a rat-infested, dilapidated farmhouse fronting on a major highway in Toledo. Left to care for a loving but mentally ill mother who heard voices, she was forced to grow up too soon, to be mother to her mother. She escaped to Smith College but never escaped the trap of being...
...more specialized wares. He cites Buckminster Fuller's appeal for a fundamental "design change" of society. To loud applause from the assembled acolytes of acupuncture, psychoshamanism and touch therapy, he declares that any vast health-care reform "should also recognize alternative healing modalities." The custom-tailored sermon, delivered with rat-a-tat intensity, goes over so effectively that he is coaxed into a second performance for all the healers and spiritualists who were unable to squeeze into the auditorium for the first...
...some households one parent bailed out of the rat race. In some cases it was the man of the house, which spawned a new catchphrase: the daddy track. For many families the recession made that decision unilaterally. One family after another fell victim to unemployment, slashed incomes, forfeited benefits and unmanageable bills. After watching their friends, relatives and others by the millions lose their jobs, Americans realized it could just as easily happen to them. During the holiday season, families cut back on shopping for presents. Keeping up with the Joneses was no longer a worry, since the Joneses were...
Flash's problem seemed to be self-inflicted -- a bleeding stomach wound caused by his habit of chewing up and swallowing every splintery stick he could get his teeth on. But first the vet had to rule out rat poison and cancer with a blood test ($45) and a liver scan ($140). Then there was the emergency work-up ($45), followed by a catheter ($30), urinalysis ($22), a steroid injection and lab work to check organ function ($71); anesthesia ($345); an IV attached to a leg ($110); a biopsy ($45); upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy for fiber-optic images...
...really think that? Maybe you're right. I may be in the minority. I just think the American people smell a rat...