Word: spinnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rivals nervously shift their feet, twitch their fingers, rub gold crucifixes, amulets and talismans. Grace Craighead of Philadelphia quivers with stage fright. "I'm soooo nervous," she says. "This is my first tournament." Adrenaline is boiling, shoulders are hunched, fingers poised to punch the two keys that will spin the slot-machine wheels to winning numbers and bars, or losing spaces...
...roommate and his girlfriend smiled as the room started to spin. Engaged? As in, engaged to be married? No, if you were telling the truth, you'd be wearing a...hey, is that a new ring? Wow! Let me see that...
Totally implausible? Of course, but also perfectly legal. The Draft Bush spoof is being circulated as black humor by underemployed Democratic consultants. As it bounces around, the notion has acquired variations. (A Republican spin: the Democrats try the ploy, but are so discombobulated that they nominate Tom Eagleton for Vice President.) Given the Democrats' performance in recent presidential elections, they could do far worse...
Still, lefties do not always cede the upper hand. Tennis players like Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe have an advantage that puts a deadly spin on the ball, and southpaws from Ty Cobb to Sandy Koufax have always been prized in baseball. And how about history's Left-Handed Hall of Fame? Lefty Napoleon! Lefty Picasso! Also such a contemporary personage as that stunning example of dyslexia in motion, Gerald Ford...
...from the monotonous dining hall schedule. New Dining Services Director and Mealtime Messiah Michael Berry, in his well-publicized efforts to use student feedback to "accentuate the positive," has taken a bold initiative and added new novelty days to the roster. Now, New York Deli Day has spawned popular spin-offs: German Deli Day, Italian Deli Day and the strange and unusual Soup and Salad...