Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...afraid that now, more than ever, military actions are being criticized in such a way that will make future leaders reluctant to do what is necessary just so they can avoid such criticism," adds Chakeres...
...Assuming that these people, my "closest friends," did indeed have plans---barring the possibility that they were lying to avoid my company---well, there's an awful lot of foreplanning going on. I mean, it was 5:30---5:30!---on a Monday---a Monday!---evening. And everyone---everyone!---I knew had dinner plans. They may not have been interesting ones, but they existed nonetheless. And me? I was sitting under the blaring glare of the Crimson's fluorescent lights, alone and hungry...
...much I wanted some McDonald's for dinner. Yet I stopped short in my meditation when I heard the words "I really hate this school." It was at that point that I realized why I don't stop when I see people crying in the yard, why I avoid people who are stomping to class and why I don't stick around when a friend's computer breaks or they lose a reserve book or their boyfriend dumps them for a Boston University woman...
...rubdown is finished without a body-giggling round of karate chops. Flatten the hands and vigorously pound with the pinky side. Chopping is fair game from the neck all the way down to the tush. Tip: Get the massagee to speak and listen to the fragmented tones. Avoid bodily trauma by striking lightly...
...afraid that now, more than ever, military actions are being criticized in such a way that will make future leaders reluctant to do what is necessary just so they can avoid such criticism," Chakeres adds...