Word: blankings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hope you'll notice how pale I am. I've been sitting, staring at a blank wall," Simic said. "The poet sitting over a blank page is a panic figure similar to the one in the Woody Allen joke about the person trying to cheat on a metaphysics exam...
...Harvard soccer teams get the better of Columbia, too. The men sneak by, 3-2, and the women blank the Lions...
...know about the Campbell Conference is that it's not named after my girlfriend--also a Campbell--and I draw a total blank when it comes to the Prince of Wales (why not East and West or American and Canadian, anyway?). I think the Bruins are in the Wales, but I'm not sure...
Since 1985, the PLO has taken credit for more than 250 attacks against innocent civilians in Israel alone, the most recent being the hijacking of a bus in Israel and the point-blank murder of a passenger, just one month ago. Four of the seven remarks on the SAS "fact sheet" imply the legitimacy of the PLO, yet the SAS conveniently forgets to mention what the PLO stands for. The PLO reaffirmed its National Covenant in April, 1987, calling for "armed struggle" against the "Zionist entity" until there is "complete liberation of Palestine." Unfortunately, no powerful Palestinian peace movement exists...
Chuck's information leaves Doug profoundly embarrassed and a little confused: "With all respect to the young man, it did not seem right that he would assume authority in this matter." Indeed, the effrontery rapidly escalates. Before long, Chuck is in Doug's bedroom demanding a signed blank check and displaying (accidentally?) a holstered revolver strapped around his ankle. Doug is shaken by this experience. "How's that for a Sunday at the shore?" he complains to his daughter-in-law. "You can get your head blown off for no reason, by a houseguest you don't even know...