Word: steals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that's probably the right word -- of the narration. As with any extended porn, the book is a highly elaborate tease, sillier and more exotic with each chapter. It's not ugly stuff, as such things go; Strine isn't a rapist or even a thief, though he does steal peeks. Ogling is really all he's interested in, and all that Baker seems to feel readers need to sustain their interest. That's fairly patronizing and more than a little feebleminded, though maybe he is right. Still, an onlooker wonders whether Baker's eye-roller was really the best...
...trout, which could not be used in salmon plants was given to workers who would, "take the Crisco used to lubricate the machines and fry the fish. We'd kill them, cut them up and eat them. They tasted amazing." Sometimes, David admits, workers would steal salmon too--sticking them into the spaces left by oversized boots...
Proudfit's steal did something to the Crimson at it went on to outscore the Quakers 44-24 in the first half, and eventually take the game...
...honor code could work anywhere, it would be at the nation's military academies. There academic and moral training extends 24 hours a day. The honor code of the Naval Academy is simple: "a midshipman does not lie, cheat, or steal...
Columbia rallied one last time, but Harvard captain Tarik Campbell sealed the game with five seconds left when he collected his third steal of the game (to go along with eight points and a solid five assists), and dribbled out the clock...