Word: ah
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scrapped over details of a drunk-driving arrest; the Herald-Post declared that police had beaten the driver, one Isidro Fernandez, and used a chain hoist to haul him out of a ditch. Sneered Pooley, whose cop-baiting helped drive one El Paso police chief to a nervous breakdown: "Ah, such big, bold, efficient lawmen...
...When Humbert sees Lolita again she is a post-nymphet 17, pregnant and married to a wholesome ex-G.I. But she still loves the playwright, and in a hilarious and nightmarish murder scene Humbert pumps bullet after bullet into him while the victim protests with phony British aplomb: "Ah. that hurts, sir, enough! Ah, that hurts atrociously, my dear fellow. I pray you, desist...
...pangs are particularly sharp at this time of year when we can wistfully watch young men climb tremulously up the cold concrete steps and into University Hall for their admission's interview. Ah, if we knew then what we think we know now. So many schemes come to mind on how to beat the interview system; that is, assuming we would really want to get into Harvard if we had another go-round...
...millenium since de foundin ob Heaven, de Lawd and all his advisory Boa'd of Seraphim sat 'roun in a big smoke-filled room which was kep' ventilated by some angels flapping deah wings. "Peter," said de Lawd, "You is de Chairman ob Admission and Angelships. What's dis ah hear about obercrowdin' ob de heavenly palaces...
...down deah cigars to listen. Dis made de angels happy cause dey was gettin mighty tired flapping deah wings and was hoping de Lawd would install automatic air-conditioning. "Hmmm," say de Lawd again, "De old Piety Test has got to go. Wid de permission of de Boa'd, ah'd like to pass a miracle. Dis is gwine be a restricting miracle on de Piety Test Rules, Miracle I, Section fifty-nine: 'Salvation by piety, dat is our aim.' Let de clause now read: 'Salvation by piety and extra-curricular activities, dat is our aim.' Ah'm gwine...