Word: rovere
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wife a stern but loving homemaker; new outfits, with bonnets, each Easter; the strict, black-and-white doctrine of the Baltimore Catechism. Ice skating at the church rink. Splitting the work after supper, one girl clearing, one washing, one drying, one sweeping. And the games until dusk. "Red rover, red rover," says Mary. "Remember? Let Sue come over...
...OPEN LAND ROVER, AT NIGHT, HUNGRY LIONS TO MY RIGHT AND left, worried. Not about the lions; about them I'm merely terrified, which is different. (We are told they regard Land Rovers as harmless six-headed animals that smell bad and make funny noises. Just don't stand up, we are told, lest you break the Land Rover silhouette they're used to seeing. I am glued to my seat.) What has me worried -- and excited -- is the South African utility bonds I've just bought. I am excited by their 20% yield, worried about South Africa's future...
...complains of another class in which the students "could easily have organized a thrilling game of 'Red Rover' or 'Keep Away' during our mind-numbingly dull discussions..." While I realize this is said in jest, perhaps instead, she or one of the other students could have added something interesting to the discussion, making it more lively...
...spring, I noticed a disturbing trend. My section for Bernard Bailyn's Historical Studies B-31 was huge. Approximately 20 of us sat in desks arranged in a giant horseshoe around our hapless TF. Had we been more alert, we could easily have organized a thrilling game of "Red Rover" or "Keep Away" during our mind-numbingly dull discussions of the Stamp...
Babies also fit into the new stay-at-home-but-keep-a-Range-Rover-in-the- garag e mentality. Shopping for the Bloomie's Baby layette has replaced comparing the $400 Gaggia cappuccino maker to the Braun. People who own fish poachers now wonder what in the world they were thinking of. To judge by fat and glossy Child magazine, the Vogue of the play-date set, cloning oneself opens up a whole new buying opportunity...