Word: vomitting
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...color-blind, but those extraordinary combinations may actually have been considered cool in the early seventies. The walls have a base of faded orange felt over which sail bright red, yellow, green and black stripes. It is as if Bob Marley had fallen into a pool of his own vomit. In fact, it smelled rather like that, as well...
...life or make an impact in the world outside of her job. He simultaneously criticizes society for reducing a person’s impact to his occupation, and then does so himself. All we can do in observing her is “lose [our] appetites or vomit...
...work is released. A good example—and there are many—is Jimi Hendrix. As we all know, Hendrix had already achieved demi-god status among in the burgeoning rock and roll scene of the late ’60s when he suffocated on his own vomit in 1969. Hendrix hasn’t been alive for over 30 years, although some fans may take solace in the notion that he lives on proverbially in the incalculable influence of his work on all subsequent rock guitarists. It seems, however, every time one visits a record store, there...
...concerns, go to Subway and carefully watch seven dollars an hour make your sandwich. Then, once your sandwich has been put in the plastic bag, think about how different you and the Subway employee are. Depending on whether you’d rather lose your appetite or vomit, do this before or after you’ve eaten...
...problem with this kind of activism is that it breeds passivity. Even if we do achieve a living wage, we are still left with a much more insidious problem—a service-oriented attitude. We expect that our dishes will be clean, that the puddle of vomit that appeared on the stairwell Saturday night will be gone by Monday morning, that getting five glasses of water is more efficient than refilling one. The dishwasher, chef and janitor may be getting a few dollars more on their checks, but has our community become more inclusive, its membership more complete...