Word: almost
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thought of him last week when people were comparing the mass murders in Kosovo to the Holocaust--how inept the comparisons were, vile as Slobodan Milosevic is. The Holocaust has no analog; this is why, almost 60 years after the fact, it is still impossible to fit it into the rest of history...
Rowling found herself in the classic single-mother trap. She could not afford child care, so she could not go to work, and when she tried to put Jessica in state-funded care, she was told she was "coping too well." For almost a year, until she found teaching work, Rowling lived off public assistance. Every day, to escape her damp, unheated flat, she'd take the baby to the nearest cafe and write away, nursing a cup of coffee. In 1995, after she found an agent in a writers' directory, a British publisher offered her a tiny advance...
...high-profile duets (with Mary J. Blige and Lauryn Hill), and dodged death (when his friend and fellow New Yorker Biggie Smalls was shot and killed in 1997, Nas went into virtual seclusion, fearing for his life). He's proud but not bombastic, he's casual in tone but almost always serious in content, and although his raps are deeply personal, he strives for the prophetic. He's a craftsman of words; he wants to tell a story, communicate ideas, not just spew rhymes, rage and attitude. Ultimately the ambition of his lyrics and themes is what makes...
...ground. The machine has two safety features that I particularly appreciate. You need a key to start it, which is good when you have so many curious underage testers around. And you need to engage the hand brake before you can activate the throttle, which makes it almost impossible to lurch forward inadvertently. Also, the throttle is variable speed, which makes it useful for slow cruising among pedestrians. Indeed, I could see driving this thing to work at the Time & Life Building and taking it up the elevator and plugging it into an office outlet for a recharge. I could...
...madam, I gave readers a fly-on-the-wall view of brothel activities. I did not reveal the identity of the clients. No promise of financial gain could have persuaded me otherwise. Interesting, isn't it, that professional prostitutes have more integrity than Monica, whose loose lips almost sank the ship of state? LORA SHANER Pahrump...