Word: bents
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...success of the Congress Party resulted from people voting against the economic policies of the then government. Many Indians, however, are bent on portraying the victory as a defeat of Hindu nationalism. Just as Americans are being called enemies of Islam, the majority Hindus of India are said to be intolerant of the minority Muslims, despite much evidence to the contrary. Some in the Congress Party have been exploiting the Muslim vote by spreading the canard of Hindu intolerance. It may sound unbelievable, but apart from a small lunatic fringe, most Hindus raise their voices against discrimination toward Muslims. Rajendra...
...extraordinary heights the Sri Lankan spinner was achieving." Few in Sri Lanka have forgotten that it was an Australian cricket umpire, Ross Emerson, who was among the first to cast doubt on the bowling action of Sri Lanka's favorite son by repeatedly penalizing Muralitharan for "chucking"?using a bent, instead of a regulation-straight arm?during a 1996 match against the West Indies. The bowler walked off the ground in tears. Even though Muralitharan has gone on to take a world record 527 wickets in 90 tests, polls still show that Emerson remains among the most disliked...
...never reached high school, was a shoe salesman and an alcoholic. The family moved often; money was short. Reagan was 11 when he came home one day and found his father lying dead drunk on the porch. "I wanted to ... pretend he wasn't there," Reagan recalled. "I bent over him, smelling the sharp odor of whiskey ... I got a fistful of his overcoat [and] managed to drag him inside...
They designed H Bomb Magazine, they said, not as a pornographic outlet, but to start a dialogue on campus about issues of sexuality, with a special focus on literature and art with a sexual bent...
...Bent on a different outcome, Skate joined Opposition plotters at the provincial town of Alotau, saying he had "bugger all" to do as acting vice-regent and wanted to be a politician again. Some government M.P.s too were enticed to Alotau; others, bearing offers of ministries and vice-ministries, were sent to lure them back. Repentant rebels later said they'd been intimidated by political minders with pistols; "I had to swim with the tide," said one, "until I could get away safely...