Word: collectively
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...When the flight attendant came to collect the trash, I tried to pop the bag into her sack, only to have her recoil and inform me that ?human fluids? could not go in the trash, because it was headed back to the galley. Diapers had to go in the lavatory garbage, she sniffed, knowing full well I wasn?t allowed out of my seat...
...Smoking” sign. When it opens, a doorbell goes off in the back room—giving Robert Marshall, the proprietor, just enough time to put out his stubby cigar and open the window before emerging to greet his customer.The store’s cluttered rooms and eclectic collections suit Marshall, a short, stocky man with a thick Boston accent. The used books packed into the shop’s shelves include a substantial selection of works on Nixon-era politics and a number of nursing and emergency-rescue textbooks.A glass display case shows off the promised coins...
...When it finally came time for Alito to give his opening statement, he added to the tension by taking a long moment to collect himself, sort his notes and gulp a long slow drink of water. When he started to speak his voice was tense but controlled. "I am deeply honored to appear before you," Alito said, "I am deeply honored to have been nominated for a position on the Supreme Court. And I am humbled to have been nominated for the seat that is now held by Justice O'Connor." Alito was appearing stiff and cold as predicted...
...living under a splintered door propped against a boulder. She explained that village men had stolen the plastic tarps and metal sheeting that formed the walls and roofs. "The men were going to beat us, so we ran," she wailed. Outraged by this injustice, George cajoled villagers to collect fallen timber and started building a new shelter that should help her survive a brutally cold winter. "Not what I'd call a deluxe chalet," he said after completing the structure. "It's more Hobbit-esque...
...suit against a new target: Harvard University.The plaintiffs are attempting to take custody of a number of antiquities held in the University’s museums, which they claim were excavated from Iran and may be that nation’s property, but Harvard asserts that none of its collection is owned by Iran.Both sides have issued a flurry of court filings since the suit was filed in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts on March 28, and now await a judge’s ruling. Though courts have awarded plaintiffs billions of dollars in judgments under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities...