Word: trunkful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kennesaw, Georgia, where the town council passed a law last year obliging every head of household to own a gun. ``They don't go to the store, because the waiting period for an illegal gun is about five minutes--or as long as it takes to open up a trunk...
...auto-navigation systems being developed by Rockwell, among others. To use the Rockwell system, which is already available on some Oldsmobiles, the motorist types the address of his destination on a dash-mounted keypad and reads his instructions on an adjoining screen. Using a small computer in the trunk to process signals from the military's satellite global positioning system, the navigator will track the vehicle's progress and regularly update instructions, including the name of the street where the next turn should be made. As the motorist nears the intersection, a computer voice directs him to "turn left...
...roast pig, a servant with an infectious body twitch and the wicked baron's narcolepsy (which becomes most pronounced during the heroine's stupendous singing of the work's signature aria Vissi d'arte) all figure heavily in a send-up that shatters every cliche in the trunk. Opera buffs can delight in spotting references to great, legitimate performances--from Tosca's tigerish poses a la Maria Callas to Cavaradossi's Castilian lisp, a dig at Spanish tenor Jose Carreras...
...roast pig, a servant with an infectious body twitch and the wicked baron's narcolepsy (which becomes most pronounced during the heroine's stupendous singing of the work's signature aria Vissi d'arte) all figure heavily in a send-up that shatters every cliche in the trunk. Opera buffs can delight in spotting references to great, legitimate performances -- from Tosca's tigerish poses a la Maria Callas to Cavaradossi's Castilian lisp, a dig at Spanish tenor Jose Carreras...
...Soviet 1950s: Katerina's erotic fantasies, for example, run to materialistic visions of brides wielding vacuum cleaners. $ Symbols of heavy industry like cranes, tractors and forklifts move props (such as Katerina's marital bed) on and off stage, and Katerina's feckless husband is buried in the trunk of a car crushed by a wrecker's ball...