Word: slit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impassioned letter to Queen Victoria contained more moral advice than economic threats, although he had already confiscated a massive shipment of the illegal drug. He warned of the wrath of Heaven, referring to incidents of Britishers who had died after entering China illegally and smugglers who had slit their own throats. He expressed his optimism that once the English leadership knew of the opium trade, they would...
...soft chrysalis spit a lovely golden slit, her slimy infant shape weak at first clung to her husk, slowly an iris her wet obsidian-tipped wings unfolded turquoise & gold, scarlet & deep green, wavered then taking off a ripple running thru the whole of creation lifting into the glowing azure sky over the intense Okumura Garden where I stood amazed watching my image separate from...
...successful on the pro tour for a while, but finally quit when he realized that he was not going to beat Jack Kramer consistently. He tried tennis promotion, beginning with Kramer and Pancho Gonzales and later with Gussie Moran. When Gussie's tour went limp, he secretly slit her famous frilled panties with a razor blade and told her about it when she was on the court. "When you stand in front of the press seats, bend over and that'll start some action." Riggs was furious when Gussie refused...
Evert's concentration borders on the mesmeric. Scrunching her nose and squinting her hazel eyes, she assumes a trancelike expression that rarely bespeaks the slightest emotion. Rivals have described her intensity as "almost eerie," her slit-eyed squint as "snake-like." Julie Heldman claims that Evert's poise is so great that she does not seem to sweat, much less disturb a strand of her honey brown hair. "I have never seen Chris look disheveled," says Julie, "or even pleasantly rumpled...
...enormous range of opportunities early in life that guarantees their later success. They live in a literate environment, with books all around. The average overprivileged child of three or four will pull a volume down from the shelf of the family library and read as fast as he can slit open the pages. In the evening his parents will sip martinis or discuss the editorials of The New York Times, either way providing a stimulating environment for their schoolchild. By listening in on the parental conversations -- "Bill and Mary are getting divorced" or "the market slumped twenty points in late...