Word: dreadfulness
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...superficial," he proclaims with annoying insistence. So Lucas seems destined to remain a loner, capturing bugs for the school terrarium. But then, the inevitable happens. Lucas falls in love. As a dubious knight in shining armor, Lucas must fight for his fair maiden in the dread land of superficiality...
Water levels are rising because of years of abnormal amounts of rain and snowfall, 26% above normal in the lakes basin during 1985 alone. With damages totaling well above $15 million since last spring, lake dwellers are heading into the snowmelt and storm season with growing dread...
...Something about this killing has stirred this community," says William Prahl, California's deputy attorney general. "These people won't forget it." Neighbors say that Marlene's parents, now in their 70s, dread the possible reopening of the case. They still reside in Hanford, though the house they lived in at the time of their daughter's death has long since been torn down. The memories have been harder to demolish. "The sad thing is that it keeps coming back," says Marlene's brother Walter Jr. "We have not been allowed the time to heal." And the end is still...
...20th century rumbles to an end, American designers' enduring fascination with Tomorrow has revived. But Tom Swift is dead. This time around, the fashionably conceived future involves a certain cultivated disillusion, a kind of callow, teasing Weimar dread. The thrill is gone...
Smith led the team in tackles and interceptions, inspiring respect in his teammates and dread in his opponents. "K.C. is probably unique," Jim Smith says. "He loves the game. When the game starts, he is ready. He doesn't need to get psyched...