Word: banged
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...second period also started off with a bang as co-captain Mike Fckert finally broke Harvard's all-time scoring record set by Grady Watts...
Perhaps because royal marriages begin so grandly, their endings always seem a bit pathetic, more fizz than bang. So it was that last Wednesday, 27 reporters and a civilian were the only ones present when the names of SARAH FERGUSON, Duchess of York, and PRINCE ANDREW, Duke of York, were on the list of 29 couples granted a decree nisi (a.k.a. a "quickie divorce") in a three-minute ceremony. The prince was holed up in his navy barracks, and the duchess was smothering her sadness in the snows of Switzerland, accompanied by daughters BEATRICE, 7 and EUGENIE, 6. "Of course...
...visiting American mentions to a shopkeeper in France or Italy that he is from Chicago, the shopkeeper is likely to approximate a pistol with an extended index finger and say, "Bang, bang...
...Gleick says critics of the summit, like the National School Boards Association and the National Parent Teacher Association, complain that too few teachers were invited. That's how summit organizers wanted it: "By combining a governor and a CEO from each state, they were hoping to get the biggest bang for the buck," she says. In theory, those attending would return to their home states and consult with teachers, union members and parents. President Clinton, who favors national standards, will address the group Wednesday...
...protestation that all would soon be Brady Bunch mush. But better Marsha fretting over going steady than the glut of sex scenes now as common in sitcoms as car chases are in movies. One minute my daughter and I are loading the dishwasher watching Mad About You and then--bang!--on the screen two people are actively engaged in baby making. Even anything-goes libertines I've asked cringe at the idea of watching soft-core sex with their children; it's worse than acknowledging that your own parents have sex. A liberal with kids and cable is a cultural...