Word: vacuumed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...According to Reuters, an assignment to create ads for a classy brand of cat food resulted in images of the cat food in a formal ball room and of cat food teamed with Count Dracula. Do either of these examples describe true creativity? If creativity means creation in a vacuum, then no. However, very little human creativity may come out of a vacuum. The most powerful literature does not always deal with subjects never considered before, but often presents common experiences in a slightly different light. If a formula can make you look creative, maybe originality is more formulaic than...
...weekend retreat. Your swap family may also be willing to feed your cat and walk your dog. It's helpful to have a friend or neighbor meet your guests and show them the basics: how to use the vcr, where the vacuum cleaner is. You'll want them to do the same on their end. If you want to dive wholesale into the local culture, you can also ask to meet their English-speaking friends or find out where they like to eat and shop...
Baseball abhors a pariah vacuum, so after PETE ROSE received a resoundingly redemptive round of applause before Game Two of the World Series, new villain JIM GRAY burst out of the bull pen. Rose was on hand for his induction into baseball's All Century Team. It was meant to be a happy event. But in a postceremony interview, NBC reporter Gray peppered Rose with questions about his lifetime ban from the sport. Bad call. Angry fans flooded NBC with complaints, and following Game Three, Yankee Chad Curtis snubbed Gray on-air after hitting the game-winning home...
...matter what, do not be shamed by a sudden decline. This is business; it happens. Stocks are not like vacuum cleaners. They have no warranty. They cannot be returned. But they can regain lost value, or at the very least be sold to the next sucker...
...sides. The endless rows of uninviting conference tables (sprinkled with too-few friendly round tables) are poorly arranged in the room, crowding diners into the center of the dining hall while leaving them surrounded by several square feet of unused floor. Trapping them in from above is the vacuum of dead space between the tops of their heads and the ceiling--a nothing-space accentuated by the barrenness of the undecorated walls of oppressive, dark wood...