Word: darkness
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Some are more discrete, hosting sample sales in dark industrial buildings in Manhattan and using invitation-only third-party websites, such as brandalley.com, gilt.com, and billiondollarbabes.com, to sell excess inventory at heavily discounted prices...
Strolling through the Yard this morning, Flyby noticed what appeared to be many, many dark brown nuggets of feces strewn all over the grass—almost as if a flock of migrating geese had decided that John Harvard's turf was ideal for defecating on, and then took to spreading the joy through the Yard in nice, straight lines...
...succeed. If he fails, we all fail." Of the Democratic Party: "I don't know personally a single Democrat who is a dope-smoking hippie that wants to turn us into Soviet Russia." Of the civic duty to trust: "We've got to pull together, because we are facing dark, dark times. I don't trust a single weasel in Washington. I don't care what party they're from. But unless we trust each other, we're not going to make...
...unrepentant as he said goodbye to the force, noting that crime dropped drastically across Kenya during his time as chief of police. While that may be true, it is still generally seen as unsafe to go out after dark, and carjackings and break-ins are common. "Unfortunately, during my tenure, vilification of police became a national pastime," he said at a ceremony marking his departure. "Police work is not a public-relations exercise. You will make many happy and unhappy, but I take pride in what I have done...
...dolphins for meat is a cultural issue on both sides of the debate. While cute and often anthropomorphized, dolphins, unlike some whale populations hunted by Japanese fishermen, are not endangered. The film editorializes that the statues and images of whales and dolphins in Taiji purposefully hide the town's dark secret of killing the animals. But the Japanese have a history of venerating and praying for animals that die for the well-being of humans and sometimes erect statues and hold festivals to comfort the animals' souls. What might be considered macabre or inappropriate by Western standards...