Word: beg
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...Example: the Khoisan of southern Africa (Bushmen and Hottentots). Many scientists consider the Khoisan a distinct race of very ancient origin. The uniqueness of the clicking sounds in their language has persuaded some linguists that the Khoisan are direct descendants of the most primitive human ancestors. But their genes beg to differ. They show that the Khoisan may be a very ancient mix of west Asians and black Africans. A genetic trail visible on the maps shows that the ancestral breeding ground for this mixed population probably lies in Ethiopia or the Middle East...
...real in my view...where you simply tell people, "Well, here's a list of apartments in Everett and Malden that you might move to," Reeves said. "In fact, if that's what we're going to, I would beg you not to do it because people don't need that kind of help--that's useless to people...
When Bonnie Vautrot realized her daughter was dead bored in school, she decided to take on the system. She became the PTA president at the Williamsburg, Virginia, elementary school and challenged the teachers to challenge the kids. "I would go in and beg the teachers: 'What can I do?' If you have a curriculum that says you're in third grade now, but your child is ready for fourth-grade material, you hit a brick wall." The response, she recalls, was, "Well, obviously you've got nothing better to do. Why don't you teach your kids at home...
Although the Harvard football team's lack of "incentives" might dissuade the amateur football fan of any similarities to the SMU Mustangs of the early 1980s. Crimson running backs Kweli "The Human Melee" Thompson and Eion "Prime Time" Hu beg the comparison...
...parents rushed out and tried in vain to repair and cover the damage, lest the field be removed completely by the city. They were protecting their children from seeing their playground destroyed. It must have been a heart-wrenching scene, a scramble to pick up burnt pieces and to beg for something to remain in the community, even if it was charred and torn. Maybe then the vandals would allow it to stay...