Word: sprouted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...distance into some new place where the eyes become capable, for a moment, of a fresh transparency. Slide into the Pleistocene: under a thorn tree in Masai Mara, say, a cheetah tears at the Thomson's gazelle it has nailed for lunch. All around in a semicircle, the minibuses sprout glaring bwanas from their sunroofs. The onion peels...
...week's end, it was unclear whether the Seven Months' War is really over or whether The Baseball Encyclopedia would sprout 600 new names this week...
...birds will be chirping and the trees will sprout more buds, but a week off from school-work will not mean a week of rest and relaxation. Instead, the Crimson (2-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy) will bus down to Princeton tomorrow to take on the defending NCAA champions and top team in the nation...
When asked how he feels about the California Avocado Sandwich, a guacamole, alfalfa sprout and cheddar cheese affair, Donald R. Franklin '98 responds, "Oh my God. I've had one at the Union, and I don't know what makes it from California as opposed to any other state." Franklin, who lives in San Diego, goes on to say, "Mexican Toppers--that's about the only thing they get right that's Mexican. I should know because I live right next to Mexico...
...chrome-and-glass hotels and offices--monuments to raw capitalism. Where the leafy streets were once blessedly quiet, they now reverberate with the rumble of bulldozers and the honking of car horns. Bicycles and pedicabs, once the only traffic, struggle to keep up. As new factories and office buildings sprout across the city, the antique sewerage and water systems are being pushed to the breaking point...