Word: yells
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...different kind of bonding when I was with all guys on a carrier," he says. "We didn't have to worry about offending people--everyone swore." But then he worked with a female colleague on a fire drill. "I found out that I didn't have to yell to get her to do something," he says. Another difference: modesty prevails. "You can't walk around in your underwear anymore," notes Signalman Second Class Terry Cole...
...around the room, charmed by their antics and shy smiles. But, what do I have to say to their mom except, "How are you doing?" Aren't those feelings I'm working to suppress--"how could you have gotten pregnant so many times with different fathers, how could you yell at your kids like that"--somewhat valid? It can be hard, scary and uncomfortable to talk with parents whose values you're not sure of, who might doubt you the same way; it can seem much easier to ignore that element of a child's life...
...walking down the street with one of these ear-pieces in place, the phone user appears to be a wannabe member of the C.I.A. or is hearkening back to a youthful Spytech fervor. Since the earpieces are hard to see, and cell phone talkers already have a propensity to yell, it often looks as if these people are screaming at themselves while strolling through the Yard. Exacerbating the situation even more are the exaggerated hand motions that some talkers make with their newly freed hands...
...most engaging character on the 1950s sitcom My Little Margie was the boyfriend, Freddie, whose job consisted of spending the day looking at construction sites. My favorite scene in Catcher in the Rye occurs when Holden is in his public-speaking class. The teacher orders the students to yell out the word digression! whenever a speech loses focus or direction. Holden is, of course, a living digression...
...head-to-toe in dark garb like someone outside of M-80 on a Thursday night. The challenge of climbing aside, Spyder also has to be on the lookout for wandering HUPD. "I was just about to climb up this one fire escape," says Spyder, "when I heard someone yell at me. Naturally, I nonchalantly walked away...