Word: dumps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will not 'relate' to you, and you will not 'identify' with me. I will give you no 'input,' and I will expect no 'feedback.' " Euphemisms that cloud our thinking are another favorite topic: "Sometime during my life, toilet paper became bathroom tissue, false teeth became dental appliances, the dump became the landfill, partly cloudy became partly sunny...
Line twists. Failed slides. Streamers (parachutes that open but don't slow you down). The proper reactions were drummed into us. When to dump the main canopy and go to the reserve. When to fly the main. How to fly the main. How to fly the main. How to land in power lines (don't move, don't let ANYONE touch you under ANY circumstances). What to do if a parachute opens in the plane (if it gets outside, "expedite the jumper from the aircraft as soon as possible...
Beatrice appeared strong in handling the news. But perhaps she was numb. Numb to the troubles of her son. Numb to living in an apartment with blown-out Windows overlooking a dump site. An apartment which was no room in Lowell House. At 4 p.m., Russell drove back to the main news desk on Park Ave. Beatrice went out to play the lottery...
...just depressing. It effects everyone," says City Councillor Alice K. Wolf. "Go into Harvard Square about midnight on Saturday night. It looks like a refuse dump...
...Wednesday, the Faculty Council voted to dump its ultimatum to the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) in favor an ageold stall tactic: they want to study the problem further. Specifically, the council gave its committee on ROTC an extension in preparing its report until next fall...