Word: flocking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tending to the Flock...
...really blame them? Each month, some 6 million visitors flock to eBay's sprawling virtual tag sale, according to research firm Media Metrix, right behind Amazon's 8 million. A third of those browsers regularly bid on or sell a selection of nearly 2 million items, including computers, Ginsu knives, baseball cards and model trains, generating about $300 million in total transactions during the fourth quarter of fiscal 1998. "There's a constant trade show going on," says Steve Karas, of New York, who auctions sports cards on the site. By taking a 1.25%-to-5% cut on each...
This culinary misconception, a paradox widely known but rarely admitted in polite conversation, is a carbon copy of the European counterpart. In the US we adore fresh Italian pasta and rich French desserts to no end, while Europeans, especially the youth, flock to crowded McDonald's for the phony Le Big Mac and outrageously overpriced American soft drinks. As far as we are concerned, River folk should indulge their xenophobia at the over-commercialized Friday's Americana Bar and leave us to enjoy traditional European pub life at Christopher's and Cambridge Common...
...than just excellence on the ice. They have become the standard bearers for women's hockey and have embraced the role as ambassadors of their sport. After the final buzzer during home games, scores of high school and junior high school girls, who came to cheer on their heroes, flock to the players, hoping for an autograph or a smile-and Harvard never fails to respond with total enthusiasm...
...Boston resident Jane P. Campbell, 57, an avid power-walker, halted her strides along the Charles as a flock of geese crossed her path. She chuckled as the animals waddled off, and said she does not care what the future holds, and is concentrating on today...