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Letters fill large chunks of Easy Riders. A true classic, reprinted here in its entirely, came from Pete Chambly, Quebec, Canada: "I'm typing this letter because I can't write for shit." A testimony on behalf of children comes from "The Widow," a native of Salisbury, Md. "This is to all you outlaws who think rugrats are a hassle. Kids are the only way to keep our lives free! We've got to teach our babies about love and brotherhood. We've got to make them proud to be scooter people...
...knowing when, where, whom or why to fight. The brief spell after Vietnam under which American leaders sought to understand why that tragedy occurred and how to prevent it in the future ended quickly enough; today a typical attitude about foreign affairs seems to be, "America has taken enough shit from the world and ought to start flinging some back...
Marty flicked a series of the jet's decks of glowing switches, buttons, meters, clocks, and gyros. He spat into his tin as the jet blew an escalating, piercing whine. "Shit--oh--God--oh--shit," he said, "I jus' luv doin' this." The jet floated toward the runway, gushing Detroit's air in a screeching rumble. "Hold onto your seat boy, or it'll go right up your ass with the rest of the rig," he said with the deep blue lights of the runway shining in his eyes. He drew the throttle back. The lights turned a thinner blue...
...couple of days a week here attempting to revitalize that spirit, Ned Coll isn't big on Harvard. In a recent organizational meeting against the draft, as Harvard students quibbled over semantics, motioning this, seconding that, Coll began his remarks, "I used to think Harvard was full of shit. Now I can smell it." It is hard to disagree when Harvard activism is sparked by self-interest, a yearning for the cliquishness of a popular cause, or a self-righteous condemnation of injustices thousands of miles away...
...Press Room of Bush Headquarters Tuesday evening photographers sipped courtesy brews and listened to radio reporters screw up their live broadcasts--"Bush's...um...Reagan's field director...um...campaign manager...Shit. Let's try that again." It's all part of the media blitz on the New Hampshire primary--an onslaught of lights and microphones which itself received so much attention, it became a self-perpetuating news story...