Word: dirt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dark, almost unbearably claustrophobic. The dirt walls, where captors unknown to him had shackled his arms and legs, were so close together that he found it impossible to stretch out his lanky 6-ft. 2-in. frame. As for food, which they provided irregularly, he quickly realized he should eat the bananas first and save the more durable fruits for later. He never gulped down the water, uncertain when his kidnappers would deliver the next ration...
...finds in these suicides, as he terms it, a "colder" reality. Periodically, in a diseased institution, whether it is a government, Wall Street or a single collapsed corporation, the dirt on the table incites a wave of suicides...
...that some people get a chance to profit from perfect timing and fabulous information. Take House Speaker Tom Foley. Over the past four years, he made more than $100,000 buying shares in hot new companies and "flipping" them almost immediately at a handsome profit. The Speaker hit pay dirt in 40 out of 42 deals, an awesome record that even a Warren Buffett would envy...
Here's the dirt on Harvard Square: City Councillors think it's filthy...
...Bogota has quintupled in the past seven years -- while government funding of programs to help youth in trouble has declined. Sandra Patricia is riddled with venereal disease; her favorite pastime is sniffing glue. "I know I'm sick," she moans, "and people treat me like dirt, and sometimes I'd just like...