Word: breath
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...National Archives. I talked to them, and I asked why they weren't in shelters, and they told me they were afraid. They talked of tuberculosis, of being robbed and beaten. People would say, "Man, I just need a job." But you could smell the alcohol on their breath. They were sad stories...
...going off the ground," I gushed. "We're flying. We are in a box and we are in the air." It kind of went on from there, and lasted through the entire taxi and take-off. It stopped mid-ascent, when I ran out of breath...
...worried about his health? If he wants to rot his teeth, it's his business. If, on the other hand, his breath smells, then give him a toothbrush, maybe even two. Tack toothpaste ads up in the bathroom, and give him mouthwash as a present. Good luck...
Sonfields': Too much card-playing (Spades, even. With a Bridge master in the house!), bad movies on cable and NBC ("Home Alone"--yuck), and stimulating conversations. But my allergies had already started acting up from that dog; shortness of breath is a not an incentive to enjoying an evening. Or the rest of the vacation for that matter...
...Keillor, whose Lake Wobegon monologues established him as the funniest American writer still open for business, leaves off direct argument just as women readers are taking a deep breath and checking their 3-by-5 note cards, and craftily retreats to parable. Zeus, lolling at a seaside cafe, is confronted by Hera's lawyer, who threatens litigation. The father of the gods turns the twit into vinaigrette dressing, pours the stuff over salad, then tells a waiter the greens are wilted and should be fed to pigs. "And bring me a beautiful young woman, passionate but compliant, with small, ripe...