Word: bents
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...Baghdad shows that greater numbers of U.S. forces are unlikely to have an effect on the situation. To be sure, even a doubling of U.S. forces in Baghdad may not be enough to hold down violence in a vast city of roughly 7 million people where powerful militias bent on sectarian war are allowed to remain. But there are pockets of success that suggest greater efforts by U.S. forces may be able to stabilize quarters of the city that otherwise would become sectarian killing grounds...
...class, we step a little bit too freely, one of the bikes topples over, and everyone stares. No one wants to be that kid. And the sidewalk is hardly wide enough for two people to pass, let alone pass around a bike with a crooked seat and two bent tires. We propose that the bikes be sold by the University, to facilitate our next wish?...
...Charlesview board has preferred to merely fly below the radar, pushing ahead with a “process” bent on reaching a foregone conclusion. The board seems reluctant to push back at Harvard for better sites, community benefits, and other improvements for Charlesview. It is as if the board believes that demanding full value for our asset would somehow offend Harvard and cause the board to lose its opportunity...
Everyone’s favorite: The Onion. Even if you are unfamiliar with this venerable publication, you probably can become vaguely familiar with its bent simply from the title. The burning satire newspaper on the cover has a humorous headline about everyone’s second favorite: FEMA. Although you probably can’t read it from where you sit now, one of the other articles on the cover reads, “Nation’s Lack Of Preparedness Blamed On Cub Scouts.” It goes without saying that if we can’t make...
...forms, farriers devote their lives to fitting shoes and attending to the health of the horse’s hoof.“A blacksmith does artistic things with metal. I just make shoes for horses’ feet. Unfortunately, I don’t have an artistic bent,” Cloos explains.A Quincy House resident, Cloos knew from her first day of college that she would not end up in a physics lab. After entertaining the possibility of becoming a veterinarian, a rider, or a horse farm manager, Cloos took the advice of a summer employer and started...