Word: attestations
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...legs can attest to the hardship of crouching out of sight in a little ball for 15 minutes while waiting for a target to roll towards me. At least when you’re trying to hit a round ball with a round bat, you’ve got full circulation in your lower extremities...
...central character in Bridgerton, is delicately described as “plump” and “shy,” yet she gets the guy in the end. Pottinger says this wallflower tale comes from her high school experience. Amazon customer reviews and reader e-mails attest that it was their high school experience as well, hence her mass appeal...
...have some real concerns about the adverse impacts on small business,” said Simmons, whom herself runs an insurance company. “As an owner of a small business myself, I can attest to the fact that there will be some impact...
...Remembrance of Things Past" series, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and "The Yellow Jar" attest, adapting other works into comix format can enrich not just the comix medium but the original as well. While we may not see any comix versions of the latest Michael Crichton there are plenty of (lapsed copyright) classics out there for otherwise unknown artists to rework into their own. If writers borrow and poets steal, let comix artists swipe...
Henry David Thoreau is considered a thoroughly American thinker, but in 1854, when he wrote, "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothing," he proved he was also a thoroughly American male. As many a wife and mother will attest, Thoreau's wariness toward fashion is a gender trait that persists to this day. But as frustrating as male shopping avoidance may be for women, their angst is nothing compared with that of menswear manufacturers and retailers...