Word: stoplights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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...
...mister driving has an Oklahoma accent and a square jaw like one Merilee once knew. As they near the Greyhound Station in San Bernadino, she asks if she can kiss him goodbye. Doubtfully he says don't mind if you do. They are at a stoplight. Merilee leans over Girl and her sweet mouth covers the man's, drawing strength and breath and everlasting resolution from him. He is startled and the cars behind him are tooting their horns. "What was that all about, hon?" he asks...