Word: dropper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This conviction has brought Darrell's family, including his ex-wife, together in a ministry they call the Columbine Redemption. The message is powerful: in London, Ky., a town of 7,000, fully 5,500 people showed up to hear Darrell speak. That was a jaw dropper, but he regularly draws crowds of more than 3,000. "God is using this tragedy to wake up not only America but also the world," Darrell told a Christian group in Little Rock in November. "God is using Rachel as a vehicle. If I believed for one second that God had forsaken...
...name-dropper: these section tools would mention Kierkegaard in a history of American economics class. It sounds familiar, and it might be relevant, but the rest of you don't know. Worse, no one else can participate in the conversation because Kierkegaard is not part of the assigned reading...
...sound crass, but don't be surprised if it's the next hit for country star Brian Prout, of the band Diamond Rio, Congresswoman MARY BONO's new boyfriend. For a person with no prior political experience, Bono has generated some of D.C.'s juiciest headlines. Her latest jaw dropper comes from an interview she granted political rag TV Guide, in which she claims her late husband's addiction to prescription pain killers led to his fatal skiing accident. (The autopsy showed no evidence of drugs or alcohol.) In addition to commenting on her dating and hairstyles (above at last...
When asked how he's staying away from the needle, Justin produces a plastic medicine dropper and pokes his arm with it. "Calms me down," he says. "I quit smoking the same way, by sucking on a crayon." Like so many other Billings geeters--yet one more slang term--Justin is a teller of wild tales. He shows off the sunken veins in his arms and describes how he once had to gaff his shot of crank--inject it straight into his jugular vein--while watching himself in a rearview mirror. "The jugular," he says, nodding earnestly, "the only vein...
...Improve publicity. It's a perennial problem on the Council, but the lack of postering for Springfest this year seemed to hit a new low. Perhaps the best solution is for the Council to hire a posterer or door-dropper, so that the success of Springfest will not rely on the responsibility of its members...