who laid the rail adv. phr.— «For all those years I have been loaded for bear with lectures of all sorts and sizes on “Who laid the Rail” to “What the Wild Western Waves are Saying.”» —“Tom Arter’s...
death by PowerPoint n.— «iller said he had to sit through an induction process before he was allowed to go. “I went to an auditorium from 7 to 7. The soldiers call it death by Power Point lecture. You learn about first aid, bomb...
sauce-shelf n.— «Pausing from a lucrative Ivy League university lecture tour on particle physics to adjust her sauce-shelf, the one-time MegaStar Live guest has been blethering the first thing that comes into her head.» —“Keep it...
banjo n.— «Few things are more likely to get you a disapproving lecture from the cholesterol police than the bacon and egg sarnie.…Even the most inexperienced and dreadful cooks can rustle up a banjo, (as the sandwich is sometimes...
ninth island n.— «A lecture on “Hawaiian Spirituality on the Ninth Island” will be presented from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Spring Valley Library, 4280 S. Jones Blvd. (391-7416).» —“Activities and events in Las...
bukateria n.— «In 1996, a lecturer in the department of food, science and technology and the proprietor of A la-carte, a restaurant in the new bukateria of the university, was gunned down by people suspected to be secret cult members...