Word: buzzes
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...selects pieces too esoteric, untimely or otherwise uncommercial to make the glossies--experimental fiction, absurdist humor and erudite essays, like a piece on a War of 1812 veteran who believed the earth was hollow and contained habitable worlds within. Like the New Yorker before it became topical and buzz crazy, McSweeney's gives writers the time and space to indulge their interests...
...Security flips through a stack of papers without really looking. "No names are on here." We try again, naming a MTV contact that we're supposed to meet. "Megan Henry," we try. He looks up. The name is recognized. Buzz...
...bottle of champagne. I wonder if Rebecca is that leggy in person. I look at Soman, he looks at me, we both know we've managed to enter an alternate universe. Welcome to their world. And we know there's no going back. We ask the secretary to buzz our contact...
After their last final exam, seven seniors had a mission: get trashed at Finagle-A-Bagel. The bakery boasts not only the famous Bagel Buzz saw, but a drink menu as well--complete with domestic and imported beer, red and white wine and even champagne. Why bagels and beer? In order to circumvent Square zoning laws that outlaw certain types of chains, the Faneuil Hall-based cafe has been forced to serve up cabernet along with cream cheese. Faced with militant, underage bouncers, sky high prices and a paltry selection, the thirsty bunch had a daunting task before them...
Thornhill and Palmer aren't endorsing rape, of course. In their article in the latest issue of the Sciences--which is already generating a high volume of buzz although their book, A Natural History of Rape, won't be out until April--they say they just want to correct the feminist fallacy that "rape is not about sex," it's about violence and domination. The authors argue, among other things, that since the majority of victims are women of childbearing age, the motive must be lust and the intent, however unconscious, must be to impregnate. Hence rape...