Word: wristed
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...says. An attendant, who has mistakenly pegged me as Alford’s dressing assistant, rushes both of us to the entrance of the runway, thrusting a bracelet into my hand. She instructs me to fit the loopy, gold accessory onto Alford’s wrist. We’re moments away from the first scene. I wish her luck, but it’s too late. She can’t hear me. Alford is too busy encouraging her fellow models before the opening sequence in which she will figure prominently. “Ya?...
...Frederick’s eyes flared as an inarticulate sound of rage crossed his lips. Quickly, stiffly, he grabbed one of the teacups and made to hurl it towards the terrace. He had done this before, however, and Felicity, anticipating what was to come, clutched his wrist. The two began, simultaneously, to berate each other: insults, oaths, and threats of the most vile sort.Until, suddenly, they stopped.A sound had silenced and frozen the couple, a sound at once clear and clean and decisive. It was the sound of chopping wood and then—thwack!—it reached...
...pieces produced by Shanghai, only 12 passed the modest quality standards, which required the watches to neither gain nor lose more than 120 seconds a day. But these unreliable prototypes, Chan explains, provided the basis for the mass-produced A581 - launched in July 1958 and adorning many Chinese wrists until its discontinuation in 1967. Millions of A581s were made, which means that today they are relatively easy to pick up in Shanghai curio stores from about $15 (variations in dial color and casing style will affect the price). Chan is also a fan of the A623, launched...
...says the friend. “Can’t they say, ‘OK, well, you made a mistake, but…we’re going to teach you how to do it better,’ instead of immediately slapping someone on the wrist?” Ideally, the Board would be able to help students and community learn from mistakes, allowing everyone to benefit and look toward the future. Yet conversations with students and faculty reveal that behind the veil of secrecy, the Ad Board may be defeating the very goal it sets...
...chants of Rogaine finally start to effect Yale's big man, Matt Kyle. He misses both FTs. Harvard Band 1, Kyle 0. On the other end, Harris valiantly goes up strong but gets hacked on the wrist. Shooting two FTs.....Harris makes only one. [Yale 34, Harvard...