Word: curl
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Salaam, the once attractive capital of Tanzania, years of post-colonial neglect have left their ravages. Pavements are cracked and unrepaired. Manhole covers have disappeared and not been replaced. Buildings are unpainted and grimy. In many areas, garbage is no longer collected; thin wisps of pungent smoke curl up through the palm trees from burning piles of refuse...
...supposed to clear a guy out, take a guy with me deep," Madden said, explaining that the pass was intended for a split end running a curl pattern. "All of them sucked up on that one guy. In that situation you just hope for the best...
Between segments, Nancy methodically tears up the index card just used and studies the next one. Caydom darts out to subdue a rebellious curl or apply powder to a shiny spot on the forehead. "Oh," Nancy complains as the clock runs down, "I wish we had more time...
...hand as if it had suddenly turned into a fish. "Jesus," she says. "I didn't even think--this is your apartment." She drops the sponge on the lip of the sink, rubs her hands together, and reaches for her purse. She removes a small bottle and taps a curl of hand cream into her palm, then screws on the bottle top before rubbing the cream into her skin...
...they do not fill their quota of members. "The open clubs have the hardest time because they are susceptible to last minute "pull-outs," and get greater variance than the selective clubs," said Wister Wood, president of Cap and Gown, a co-ed selective club. At one point in CURL's development, the college extended an open invitation to the eating clubs to become financially supported by the university. "Essentially, they wanted to buy the clubs out, which would put them in power," said Wood. But the clubs spurned the administration's helping hand and chose to remain autonomous...