Word: token
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...Louis Dumas on an airplane in 1984. As the story goes, Birkin was rummaging through her basket-weave purse when it fell apart. Dumas assisted her in collecting the dropped items, they struck up a conversation, and?voilà!?shortly thereafter Dumas had the Birkin bag created as a token of friendship...
...majority of the Mock Trial Team’s expenses are spent on airplane tickets and hotel rooms, which are necessary for members to attend tournaments around the country. Since the Undergraduate Council does not fund transportation expenses beyond the cost of a T-token, the Mock Trial Team can only use UC grants for the relatively negligible registration expenses that it incurs at each tournament...
...told at the end of each day to go home to their families and friends and keep what they had seen and heard to themselves. Watching their struggle, Cave was convinced these jurors - and others like them across the country - deserved more than a thank-you and a token check for their public service...
...Hollywood had men-only genres too, especially the western. Cowboy films allowed for a token lady part, to give the hero someone to fight over; but she would never do the fighting, instead cowering, paralyzed with dread, during the final showdown. It wasn't until the exploitation movies of the '60s and '70s--the ones paid lavish tribute in Grindhouse--that the gals in guy-genre films finally had something to do: take charge, kick ass and kill people. The films weren't exactly feminist, since the actresses usually had to take off their blouses before they could flex their...
Sutton cops to as much in a penultimate chapter titled "The Virtues of Assholes." His solution is to keep a token terror--one brilliant bully per office. Sounds reasonable. But beware, he warns: One jerk's nastiness can pollute the water cooler. Maybe that's not such a bad thing. We can all use a shot of malevolence now and then...