Word: vaulting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pole vault, an event which will count at the indoor Heps for the first time this season, the team will be led by sophomore Lonnie Sherwin...
...many, blessed with the insight that "Banana" is not a designer, and damned with a masochistic willingness to bear the underworld, still head for the designer labels of Filene's Basement. Originally established as a wholesale repository for excess merchandise from the department store upstairs, the Basements "Vault" is a treasure trove of designer clothing. It's all here, gold and Gucci, if a few seasons unfashionable...
...office parlance, schmoozing is not just idle chitchat but a way of advancing your career. It deserves to be studied hard, note the authors of Vault Reports Guide to Schmoozing (Houghton Mifflin). Vault Reports is a New York City-based electronic recruiting company, and the five authors of this book feel that job seekers need to offer prospective employers a confident, pleasing touch. How does their version of schmoozing differ from networking? "Conventional networking is the clammy science of collecting business cards ad infinitum," say the authors. "No one particularly likes to network, and no one likes to receive...
...Vault Reports' book explains the subtleties of being a good office politician, and how to charm your boss, your co-workers and your clients. It's not only the upper tiers of the corporate hierarchy that you should pay attention to, says the guide. "Never assume that someone is not worth schmoozing or is too busy to talk to you." What companies are the best practitioners of schmooze? According to the guide, No. 1 is General Mills, which, the authors say, is "a marriage factory." For those who find the concept of schmoozing too calculated, the authors argue that such...
...California Cryobank: it sounds like the Fort Knox of Fertilization storing millions upon millions of men's specimens in a huge vault. I expected a packed waiting room and hundreds of men whipping through the semen extraction process. But as God had willed it, the Cryobank was much less than I expected, handling, so to speak, a mere 15 men a day, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The waiting room was like that of any family practioner--nondescript furniture, carpeting and framed prints. Not a single Sports Illustrated to be found, I settled for Single...