Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Butter," a song that intertwines the classic motifs of food and sex is by far one of the more daring songs on the album. "I'm salty you're creamy/let's get us some/strawberry jam/to spread on your biscuits/my sweet country ham..." croons Lord, while McGhee repeats the chorus, "Ooh, ooh, my butter" over and over. Whether the butter she is singing of is metaphorical or literal is hard to decipher from this song, as it moves between the raunchy and the mundane quite freely. Some of its lyrics are downright sappy, such as "If love needs a reason/then mine...
...page spread shows Woodbury lying on a bed, surrounded by psychology textbooks and a Harvard sweat-shirt...
...been reflecting most on the common judgement "no harm, no foul." The expression originated in the world of basketball to describe incidents of hacking, holding, pushing and the like which, though in violation of the rules, do not necessarily affect the score of the game. The phrase has rapidly spread from the sporting world to all areas of life. If you bump into someone in the street and apologize, the response is "no harm, no foul." If you're trying to explain a mistake you've made or a responsibility you've forgotten, it's handy one-liner...
Macro viruses such as "Concept" and "Wazzu" can do everything from preventing you from saving your document to actually destroying data. They are spread by the opening of infected documents, and often exist unannounced, wreaking havoc without taking credit...
Certainly I agree with you that we must preserve a sense of proportion and not panic over the spread of AIDS. After all, American aid has caused far more deaths in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Guatemala, Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua, and no remedy has yet been found for this disease, in spite of efforts in Congress. GRAHAM GREENE Antibes, France...