Word: counterfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brought a box to the counter, where my dad was paying for gas. The clerk, a pony-tailed blonde teenager, rang them up. As we were leaving, she smiled and leaned conspiratorially toward...
...understand the politics. Trying to grasp what I read in the papers each morning is a bit like trying to solve a Rubik's cube in the dark on a ship sinking in the ocean in the middle of a storm. Trying to sort out the betrayals and the counter-betrayals and the deepseated animosities between the two groups is a task I believe to be beyond anyone lacking advanced degrees in theology, political science, sociology and counter-terrorism. In fact, I have yet to meet anyone--native or otherwise--who claims to understand politics here. To paraphrase Churchill...
...provides a vital, unseen ballast as Phoenix is rocked by Atkinson's murder and by the ugly reaction from some quarters that there should be a crackdown on "the Mexicans" who should be sent packing. What could be a breakdown in race relations is defused by a quiet, powerful counter-demonstration--a defining moment in city history...
After a year punctuated by Yard rallies and protests at Massachusetts Hall, student activists staged a final event for the year--what they called a "Counter-Commencement...
...Greenspan] gave a very good speech on honesty and integrity and for [the counter-commencement speakers] to stand up and denounce his is not appropriate," said one 1964 alumnus who witnessed both events...