Word: butte
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that they blew off all day, work that they aren't doing, work that they should be doing because if they don't do it now they surely will fail everything and not get into graduate school and have a horrible poverty-striken life with a pain-in-the-butt spouse and lots of ugly slimy kids whose faces will melt...
...still abound. Did a courthouse in Charleston, S.C., inspire George Washington and lead to the White House design? Seale thinks so, but there is no exact record. One mystery was solved: the reason for a lonely stone fountain on White House ground commemorating Artist Francis Millet and Archibald Willingham Butt. Since the only other such commemoration on the grounds is the statue of Andrew Jackson, the fountain bore investigating. Archie Butt, it turns out, was a popular bachelor who served as White House military aide for both Theodore Roosevelt and Taft. Returning from a vacation in Europe with his friend...
...year-old library has been the butt of jokes since chips and chunks began falling from its massive brick facade shortly after it opened in Amherst. The fallout got so bad that it was ordered closed for a semester in 1979 and has seen limited use since...
When was the last time you thrilled to the romantic escapades of Overcoat Junction? How can your life be complete without watching at least one episode of The People's Court Martial? How about the wild and wacky antics on Saturday Night Censored? A rifle butt in the head to anyone who doubts the unbridled creativity of Soviet...
...army adjutant told the court that he saw Jeremie kill an eight-year-old boy by striking him in the temple with the butt of his pistol. Choking back tears, the defendant protested: "I couldn't hurt a child. They call me 'Papa Jere' in Leogane." Another witness stripped off his shirt in court to exhibit six bullet wounds he suffered in the demonstration. "Jeremie says he is everybody's father," he snapped. "When did you hear of a father shooting his son? He shot...