Word: cramming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proud of his fledgling site's noncorporate orientation. "The first commercial efforts were from larger companies that were saying, 'Gee, we can use the Internet to sell stuff to people,'" he says. "Clearly, if you're coming from a democratic, libertarian point of view, having corporations just cram more products down people's throats doesn't seem like a lot of fun. I really wanted to give the individual the power to be a producer as well." eBay has hewed closely to this vision. It emphasizes community, and it doesn't run advertisements...
...first so-called efficiency experts in the 1920s--the idea of making every second count began to spread through society. Result: efficiency became an American virtue. Today every conceivable business is open around the clock; we multitask frantically, applying makeup or talking on the phone while driving; we cram our kids' lives with team sports and lessons. Children don't play anymore: they schedule play dates. "We are," says author Gleick, "driven by time...
...bear with me, it'll probably be fun filler, a nice column to read on the airplane while you wait for the lady with the 10 carry-ons to cram them into the overhead compartment, the exit row aisle and the beverage cart. You can wave your copy of The Crimson around so that everyone knows you go to Harvard, just in case your Coop sweatshirt doesn't give it away...
...first daughter, adding to her family of four sons. Shortly afterward, the daughter dies. Unfortunately the viewer doesn't have time to care whether the infant lives or dies, thus revealing the first of many flaws in the film: in adapting the book to film, the filmmakers tried to cram as much of the book as possible into a two-hour movie, and this simply doesn't work...
...When 1,200 people cram into a ballroom at the freshman formal and have a really great time, I'll be happy and won't pay much concern to people who say the [council's] irrelevant the next morning," he said...