Word: throwing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world's first written language, cuneiform, had appeared on small clay tablets, replacing the strings of marked clay tokens that merchants had previously used to keep track of their transactions. And at least one familiar superstition was established: when the Sumerians spilled salt, they would throw a pinch over one shoulder to ward off bad luck...
...throw your clumsy gait into hot pursuit, the sandwich checks its bank account, buys a copy of Vanity Fair and nose-dives into the T-stop. Once there it rushes past the hordes of outdated punks on the escalator, skillfully nutting one or two with its crusty end, and just manages to get on the tram going downtown (disguised all the while as a proper baguette). At your generous and unwitting expense, your ex-lunch is probably, at this very moment, holidaying in the Bahamas and sipping on fruity cocktails. Meanwhile, back in that social epicentre and fair...
...fact, the Trees are so comfortable performing that they won't hesitate to roll around on the floor, eat Pez and throw stage divers for distance as they continue to play on, unfazed...
Schools are not business. Cutting programs (books? pencils? teachers? structural upkeep?) does not create a more efficient production line. Children's education cannot be "streamlined," and neither can crippled schools. Clinton and especially Bush argue that money isn't the answer to schools, that we "throw" too much money at schools already. But once again, they disregard schools that are nearly falling apart. If no schools faced such danger, school choice would make sense...
...window boxes held a few lone geraniums. The 37-year-old teacher had been crocheting by her window across the street when she heard a crash and saw a wall of red flame. "I rushed outside," she recalled. "I can still hear the screaming. I saw a woman throw two children from a balcony, but they fell into the flames, and then she jumped in after them...