Word: stoplight
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...know anything about it" said Thomas A. McMahon, McKay Professor of Applied Mechanics, calling serving on the committee a "new experience" for him. But McMahon, a published novelist, did say that politically he is "as red as a stoplight...
...Oncle opens with a close-up of a stoplight-red neon heart blinking ominously as Laborit's solemn, soothing voice intones "A being's only reason for being is being." The following sequence is more than a little dull and, at first, bewildering, as Resnais bombards us with shots of rocks, plants, frogs, and turtles while Laborit tells us that many living things do not need to move to live but that human beings do need to move to live. It seems that Laborit would prefer to have been born a daffodil, as he drones through a monologue that sounds...
...about to reply when, bam! a well-thrown snowball smashed into the window about six inches from the woman's ear. Bam! Bam! Two more hit the bus further up. Kids on their way home from school had us pinned down at a stoplight...
Personally, I'd like to pick Atlanta over both of them, because both teams are about as thrilling as a stoplight in Somerville on Saturday night...
...hitchhiking was busy there and I thought I would have to wait at least an hour before all the people in front of me got rides. A hot red porsche pulled up to the stoplight. On the right-hand window was a Harvard sticker--this was a sure ride. I couldn't miss. But the driver was dressed in a three-piece suit, and his sleek bubble sunglasses turned Business School into his face. When I knocked on his window, he kept right on looking at the light, as if it were holding him back from important dealings elsewhere. This...