Word: bantered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though the pacing is entirely different from Seinfeld's (and not quite right yet), It's Like, You Know... does rely on the same banter and wordplay, and it does it almost as well. Eventually, this series may resort to making earthquake jokes and doing bits about the smog, but until then, it is a very smart, knowing take on Los Angeles...
...love to mock the Quad. Indeed, the light-hearted River-Quad banter which colors the annual housing lottery is usually amusing and benign. The danger arises, however, when we mislead others into believing house life can be reduced to such simple terms as location and room size. In the wake of randomization, it becomes all the more important for each class to enter their house with an enthusiasm not just to live there, but to belong there. Only then can house spirit survive and flourish...
...camaraderie is awkward--they have to shout to be heard. Still, according to Beau Friedlander, a publisher who has corresponded with the jailed Unabomber, Kaczynski, who speaks Spanish, French and German and is interested in learning Turkish, has discussed languages with the polyglot Yousef. Otherwise the banter is "factual things, small talk," says Michael Mello, author of a book on Kaczynski that Friedlander is publishing. "Ted is a sponge for information." The three inmates talk about what's piped into the 13-in. black-and-white TV sets in their cells. Says Bernard Kleinman, Yousef's lawyer: "It's absurd...
...side like guards on the bridge over the castle's moat. There's something else, though, something looming thunderously in the background. Getting closer and closer, the thunder inside these castle-guards becomes more apparent. Thumping hip-hop beats; free-flowing beer from the tap; inebriated and unabashed social banter and excitement. It's college nightlife at its best. It's "The Street" in full swing. It's Princeton on a Saturday night...
...side like guards on the bridge over the castle's moat. There's something else, though, something looming thunderously in the background. Getting closer and closer, the thunder inside these castle-guards becomes more apparent. Thumping hip-hop beats; free-flowing beer from the tap; inebriated and unabashed social banter and excitement. It's college nightlife at its best. It's "The Street" in full swing. It's Princeton on a Saturday night...