Word: clove
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clove of garlic
...clove of garlic...
Addressing a standing-room only crowd, Pinker explained the origins of children's grammatical mistakes, the etymology of irregular verbs and why, for example, people say "slept" instead of "sleeped." His sprinkling of uncommon and incorrect forms of words throughout the talk, such as "smote," "clove" and "cleaved," elicited bursts of laughter from his audience...
Even classy packaging and an aroma that non-smokers can appreciate doesn't save the clove from its affiliation with high school rebellion...
...rose in the ranks of the army and came to rule in the aftermath of the deadly coup. "He was conditioned by this village," says Notosuwito, a half brother of the President's and village chief of neighboring Argomulyo since 1969. Sitting at his desk signing forms and smoking clove-scented cigarettes, Notosuwito explains that he himself has 50 retainers. They work for him, and in return he makes sure they are fed, that their daughters marry well, that they have money if they are sick. "It is similar with Suharto," Notosuwito says. "He has an obligation to the people...