Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...struggled," wrote O'Malley, "it seems that the executioner threw his coat over his head, tying it round his head and leading him hooded to the pit's edge, for in many cases a body was found to be thus hooded and the coat to have been pierced by a bullet where it covered the base of the skull." When all were dead, the grave was filled in, and shrubs planted over...
...much so, in fact, that a stereotype was created of the catcher as a slightly more alert version of Steinbeck's fabled Lennie, as a good-natured dolt who blocked pitches and flying spikes by day, then lumbers out of the clubhouse stroking a dead squirrel in his coat pocket. The catcher's cumbersome equipment was even dubbed the "tools of ignorance" by one of the trade's own, "Muddy" Ruel of the old Washington Senators, whose unenviable job it was to bring down Walter Johnson's smoking fastball. But ignorance is not strength...
...tables are too close together; the claustrophobic atmosphere was aggravated when the only two other patrons were placed at an adjoining table. The girl at the next table knocked our breadbasket on the floor when she removed her coat. The waiter watched as the slices of bread rolled under the adjacent tables; when I got up to leave I found myself stepping over the still unretrieved pieces of bread...
...week, but he followed me and gave me a line I fell for, so I went back with him. He grabbed my hair, so I kicked him between the legs-boom! He called in another guy and they took my clothes off. They began to heat up this coat hanger with matches and burn my ass with it. Then the pimp put his foot on my face and stomped it. I figured, well, you've got to take some bad things in life." Chickie...
...until tomorrow. Tomorrow the respect thing starts. A few blows. Some ass kicking. You've got to stomp her ass a few times to let her know where you're coming from. You've got to set the rules, make her show respect. Maybe use a coat hanger-depends on what she needs." The pimp drained his glass. "If she makes it through tomorrow, the process will take three days. We'll get her a wig, some clothes, then put $10 in her pocket and see if she tries to run. You watch her close, maybe...