Word: toe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sign up to toe the party line, and you suddenly find you've lost the ability to judge things on a case by case basis," said Fadiman, who is the editor-designate of The American Scholar, a journal published by the National Phi Beta Kappa Society...
...advocating the use of narcotics to treat a stubbed toe. These powerful drugs are indicated only for the most severe, disabling pain. But research conducted over the past 20 years into the mechanisms by which the body experiences grievous pain suggests that certain narcotic drugs are so well suited to relieving suffering that it seems callous, maybe even negligent, not to use them...
...swans appear during the young man's turbulent dream. No tutus, no toe shoes, no hand flutters. These are robustly built men, clad in feathered trousers and wearing black makeup on their foreheads that suggests a swan's beak. As a signature move, the men use a wholly mesmerizing gesture coming from the torso up through the shoulders out into extended arms...
...Secret! and True Romance. Yet the look stops just short of drop-dead handsome. Its steely seriousness--all that grit and drive with no hint of easy humor--suggests less Elvis Presley than Elvis Stojko. If Kilmer is to execute the actor's equivalent of a quadruple toe loop, it won't be from movie-star grace but from a triumph of the will...
...buying turtlenecks and T shirts as a teenager and graduate to a $1,800 Donna Karan suit or a $3,000 Valentino gown as the years go on. And, oh, the convenience! Salesclerks are free to go from department to department to help you pick out a head-to-toe ensemble. Nordstrom salespeople average an industry-leading $29,000 a year in base pay and commissions and are regarded as entrepreneurs with their own clientele. At the Westside Pavilion in Los Angeles, Nordstrom shopper Elaine Lerman says it's such service that keeps her coming back: "You can't beat...