Word: camels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has repeatedly ignored union concerns and continues to do many projects with non-union labor, said Mark L. Erlich, the business manager and financial secretary of Carpenters Local 40. "Lowell is the straw that broke the camel's back...
...riddle ("Why is your head gray and your beard black?"), the humble but clever man who provides it and the nasty court counselor who is jealous. Humility prevails and spin-doctoring fails, as invariably happens in stories. The author's angular tempera illustrations are vivid and funny -- the camel on which the king perches is an unusually thoughtful and sardonic beast -- but the somewhat preachy story doesn't add much...
When most people think of a llama, they picture a large furry animal--sort of a cross between a horse and a camel...
...world-class harridan, once told a friend in her employee's hearing, "Well, I see the little Irish girl has set out the wrong dinner plates again." Mahoney's reaction was classic. "The remark -- which amounted to an epithet -- conjured images of a feckless, carrot-topped rustic with a camel's long lashes and a blush that traveled from throat to freckled hairline, awash in a sea of plates the likes of which she had never had the privilege to be confused by before...
...TALKIN' TO YOU, NIGGER," A voice hisses as the visitor walks through the gloomy passageway. "Faggot," taunts another. With every step comes a whispered insult, a mean murmur: "Loudmouthed kike! Lousy gook! Dumb Polack! Camel jockey! Red-neck bastard! Sexist pig! Goddam beaner! Get whitey!" A wolf whistle rings out and a leering voice calls, "Hey, baby." And with every message of hate, the feeling of alarm grows. "What you gonna do about...