Word: ducking
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...cold in every part as I ever was in my life." Lewis had calculated that the 33-member party needed four deer a day to feed itself. The hunters killed only five deer over 11 days, plus a stray horse, a dozen grouse, a duck and a coyote...
...beloved motorcycles. He is followed by two other bikes and a pickup bearing M16 toting bodyguards. Now and again, he lets loose a siren, in part to clear traffic, in part to signal that the mayor is on the prowl. Some people stare. Others wave. A few duck swiftly into the shadows. Duterte says he "patrols" twice a week, usually late at night, stopping at precinct houses to see who's in the holding cells and why, and to make sure his police are doing their job. He has made a policy of doling out groceries to cops...
...should decide that his future lies in New Jersey, then Afro-American studies—led by a lame-duck chair—may not be able to raise the necessary funds and recruit the necessary faculty...
...spirit), begins to insinuate itself into our souls. Hugh Grant shares with the immortal Cary an ability to go dark and distracted on us without losing our sympathy for his eager, morally educable side. This talent helps to ground a comedy that includes, among other things, a carelessly murdered duck, a funnily murdered rendition of Killing Me Softly With His Song and a distinctly unmerry vegetarian Christmas party. But the film is always true to the lonesome realities of modern urban--in this case, London--life, which means its humor never seems forced or merely frivolous...
...diversity’s sake—as Justice Brennan argued in his concurrence to Bakke, they should be treated equally. Just because Harvard is able to conceal its methods from the public by using more sophisticated tools than a 150-point scale does not mean it should duck and cover during the anti-affirmative action backlash...