Word: corkscrewed
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...Corkscrew...
...addition to the major events, there were also minor things among the nothingness. My mom’s unique ability to incessantly taunt and pamper me, all done in her lovable Mississippi accent. Co-workers whose laughter and need to spring the tiny corkscrew curls in my hair sustained me throughout the workday. Amusing correspondence with friends from school, one of whom recently assured me that “summer should be fun and relaxing...
...planes were once again aloft, some of them anyway, even as the airlines announced they were canceling 20% of their scheduled flights and laying off workers by the tens of thousands. Consigned to history are the luxuries of curbside check-in, e-tickets and the right to carry a corkscrew onboard. Peter Hannaford, a passenger aboard United Flight 564 from Denver, wrote in the Washington Times about the pilot's remarks that day: "I want to thank you brave folks for coming out today," the pilot said. "We don't have any new instructions from the Federal Government, so from...
...more money and time they spend in that process, the less efficient and profitable they become. It's not that they strive to be lax, but security isn't their business. Last Thursday a Northwest Airlines flight crew in Phoenix, Ariz., deliberately got through security carrying a pocketknife and corkscrew, just to show how weak the system remains...
...taking an antibiotic like doxycycline for a couple of weeks. But for years a debate has raged over what to do about patients whose symptoms (fatigue, mental confusion, joint pain) never seem to clear up. One small but vocal group of doctors and patient advocates believes that Lyme's corkscrew-shaped spirochetes have burrowed deep into their victims' bodies and can be eradicated only with intensive antibiotic treatment over many months. Another group believes, just as adamantly, that the bacteria are long gone, making further treatment with powerful antibiotics--which can lead to potentially fatal infections or blood clots--positively...