Word: beefing
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BOTSWANA. Pop. 700,000. Independent (from Britain) since 1966. Multiparty parliamentary democracy. Literacy: 10%. Per capita G.N.P.: $280. Exports: beef, diamonds, hides and skins. Economy is expanding (exports have increased twelve times since independence, to $120 million in 1975) with the discovery of abundant mineral wealth and substantial foreign investment...
...unaccredited law schools to study for four years instead of the usual three and to take a "baby bar" exam after their first year, many never even get the chance to flunk the big test. One reason is third-rate teachers, most of whom are local attorneys trying to beef up their incomes at $20 a lecture. Says Gorfinkle: "I have often encountered professors who were teaching erroneous...
According to David L. Gorski, chief of Harvard police, the caller did not state any motive for the planting of a bomb, except that "he had a beef against Kissinger and his interference in the Middle East...
...midst of his hot pursuit, a television falls and she has to thrust her arms defenselessly behind her head to keep the set from smashing. Even this bit may upset some, and the over-all tenor of the film is probably exemplified better by a bizarre "dance" of beef carcasses in a slaughter house, done to an operatic score. The entire image suggests Wertmuller's perverse opinion of her characters, and it certainly shows the possibilities of fervid imagination pitted it now seems clear after five features, against an all but non-existent sense of discrimination...
...addition to puffing on a pipe, Malcolm indulges in hazardous foods like beef, which has been linked to both colon cancer and heart disease...