Word: arms
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...most jobs, "education" is a loose term, and when a high school diploma is not a requirement, the Harvard name does not impress. In the real world, "special skills" does not mean how many languages I speak or if I can integrate calculus equations, but rather if I do arm or tray service and if I can type more than 55 words per minute...
Advertisements in San Francisco bus shelters seldom provoke double takes, but an eye-popping poster on display in 30 bus shelters is proving an exception. It depicts two naked young men partly wrapped in the U.S. flag. One of them has an arm about the other while his free hand holds a condom. The caption: LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS...
...mean the person joined the rebels' call to adopt Pakistan standard time. "Will you have a drink with us?" One should not say no; that might be a sign of Islamic fundamentalism. If the motorist does not pass the tests, the troops might rough him up -- and break an arm or nose...
...immense personage who kept his hand on a bulging object inside his jacket. He refused to leave when the security guards ordered him out. When they threatened to call the police, the patient climbed off the treatment table and walked out with the bullet still lodged in his arm...
Seth Morgan began writing this first novel during a prison term for armed robbery. The cuff marks show, and not just in detail that seems accurate. The novel is funny and fast moving, but its air stinks slightly of decay. As it should. A couple of Nelson Algren's low-life adventures come to mind, such as A Walk on the Wild Side and The Man with the Golden Arm. Algren was a better writer and a more lyrical artist, but Morgan is better acquainted with dead souls...