Word: scotchness
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Even if the commission cannot find hard evidence that he was involved with the site’s creation, Chapa may not get off scotch free...
...favorite constitutional amendment—the repeal of prohibition. FM decided to introduce a few Harvardians to the new and exciting world of Boston’s political party scene—no, not those parties. Who better to sally forth into this unknown world of firm handshakes, scotch on the rocks and cigar smoke, but the young, ambitious and ever opinionated members of Harvard’s political student groups...
...unsympathetic harpy--and anyway, sexual harassment doesn't have the crackle that it had back in the days of, say, Michael Crichton's Disclosure. The pleasure of Bing's novel lies in his masterful, merciless evocation of the executive milieu--the lunches, the banter, the petty slights, the Scotch-soaked male bonding. "Keep in mind, please, that large emotions and reactions are alien to a true corporate workplace environment," Bing urges us. "A great business milieu is like creme brulee, with the tasty custard down below and a fine glazed topping up above, sweet and hard, that obscures what...
...surveyed my efforts. In the fireplace, a fan whirred, fluttering the sheets of gold Mylar and red and blue cellophane that I had scotch-taped to its screen. Although I had cut the cellophane and Mylar to approximate flames, the construction looked like nothing so much as a fan with sheets of Mylar and cellophane taped to it. I leaned forward and turned the fan to high; the cellophane fluttered more vigorously...
...lack imagination,” I said, tacking down a loose edge of the gold Mylar with some more scotch tape. He rolled his eyes...