Word: slither
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...defense, opportunities for disgraceful behavior were limited by circumstances beyond our control. There weren't any shooting wars to slither out of. The term recreational drugs--a term that was invented to make what privileged people do sound less depraved than it would if it were done by poor people--had not been coined. The sort of state lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking. The sort of federal lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking with a fake draft card. Reading about the recent accusations against George W. Bush, I could imagine...
...this majestic structure. For the intrepid, geometrically arranged stones provide an entertaining romp. Just be careful not to fall in---the inhabitants of this imported Japanese fish pond have been known to attach themselves to the toes and fingers of intruders. Just over the River, these Coy fish slither in and out of the stone caverns designed for their leisure in the business school's "Class of 1959 Chapel...
...this majestic structure. For the intrepid, geometrically arranged stones provide an entertaining romp. Just be careful not to fall in--the inhabitants of this imported Japanese fish pond have been known to attach themselves to the toes and fingers of intruders. Just over the River, these Coy fish slither in and out of the stone caverns designed for their leisure in the business school's "Class of 1959 Chapel...
...chain-smoke as though it were Milan or 1956. Mott Street is, in other words, a place you might envision as fashion's capital of spartan black. On a northern tip, though, sits a tiny 1 1/2-year-old shop named Calypso, where, on any given weekend, stylish young shoppers slither past one another to get at a collection of near-sheer pastel sweaters, lacy skirts, candy-colored coats and dusty blue slip dresses, coquettish clothes (most by little known designers) meant to let any suitor know that the woman in them doesn't call first and never goes dutch...
Finally, I slither my way into a question about his competition, but he shoots it down before I get the word "Tommy's" out of my mouth. "If you're running a marathon," he analogizes, "and you start looking all around, it's self-defeating." The only thing he concerns himself with is "using the best products" and "setting prices that are fair to everybody...