Word: cramming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recognition that if I were to do TheCrimson at all I would have to go at itfull-throttle also kept me away. That scared me,as did the horror stories of cut classes and lastminute maniacal cram sessions. As sophomore yearbegan, though, I decided to comp theCrimson's editorial board. It seemed theeasy way out--I could write short opinion piecesand get on the paper without going bonkers doingthe news comp...
Trying to cram the expectations of two full seasons into the space of one month just doesn't make it. Especially when that month is as cruel as April...
...back) in Viet Nam. He happily recalls "trolling" Haiphong Harbor, hoping to lure out MiGs. Now owner of two evangelical Christian bookstores in Atlanta, Haynes still finds flying magical. "We take a brick, put a little sheet metal on it, add propulsion and cram it into the air," he enthuses. "That's neat...
Until last week, politics was a cram course in human diversity; the candidates spent a year talking and listening in living rooms and Rotary clubs from Iowa to New Hampshire. From now on, however, they will come to view the nation as an interchangeable sequence of airports, access roads and motel meeting rooms. The frenzy of Super Tuesday scheduling reduces voters to a blur -- sign-waving supporters, rapt faces in the crowd, a decorative backdrop for TV visuals...
Pierce Brosnan's James Bond-ish chase-on-top-of-a-moving-train for Diet Coke reportedly cost more than $1 million to film, and it was a disappointment. The commercial tries to cram too many tense moments into too few seconds. The viewer spends so much time trying to firgure out where Brosnan is--hanging off a train or clambering on top--that there is no time to get scared. And then it ends--with Brosnan sipping his soda happily ever after...