Before that, students and professors could date whomever we wanted; the next day we were off-limits to one another—verboten, traife, dangerous (and perhaps, therefore, all the more alluring).

Because you would not say two times; it is anidiomatical. JOHNSON: Anidiomatical! TOOKE: We want the word; take it from me. It is not so, when or three comes between. JOHNSON: I should rather say twice or thrice.

The promises of interactive WebTV or downloadable “slivercasts” raise the possibility of dramatically altering how we watch and even use the television.

Alternatively it may mean that a perfunctory search is enough to ensure that a purchase is acceptable, so less search is carried out.