Word: counterfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...complies. He makes his way to the counter. Across the restaurant, someone yells, "Hey, faggot!" When the boy comes back to the window, he is carrying a $1.25 slice of pizza smothered in ketchup...
...parked cars and runs directly at the front of the bus, waving his arms. Alex and Jason cheer, but the bus swerves out into another lane and keeps moving. Crazylikes trudges back toward his friends. More guys come out of Angelo's. The young Spanish guy who works the counter emerges behind them and beckons Alex around to the side of the store. When Alex comes back, everyone wants to know what he wanted...
...Among the crowd at the deli counter, two tall, reedy girls hold each other by both hands...
...series of high-profile acquisitions of American properties, including Rockefeller Center, by Japanese companies, Japan bashing had become somewhat of a national sport in the U.S., and a tone of superiority had crept into many public pronouncements emanating from Tokyo. Akio proposed that the two of us attempt to counter this trend through "dialogue" that would be taped for TV and then published in Japan. His purpose was to remind his fellow citizens of their enduring political, economic and cultural links to the U.S. The two of us--along with a retinue of TV technicians--spent a fascinating...
...American build-up really necessary? The White House thinks so, arguing that the ABMs will counter emerging threats from North Korea and China, countries that do not have an extensive nuclear arsenal but will within a few years have the capacity to deliver a small number of warheads to targets in the U.S. Republicans, reading this as Son of Star Wars, enthusiastically agree. On the other hand, the bang for the buck may be very small - the greater nuclear threat may come not from missiles but in small packages hand-delivered by terrorists - compared to the potential dangers that accompany...