Word: ear
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...comfortable--but not lavish--quarters, and bought his first decent hi-fi rig. He remains adamantly indifferent to clothing and personal adornment, although he wears a small gold cross around his neck--a vestigial remnant of Catholicism--and, probably to challenge it, a small gold ring in his left ear, which gives him a little gypsy flash. When he is not working, Springsteen takes life easy and does not worry about it. "I'm not a planning-type guy," he says. "You can't count on nothing in this life. I never have expectations when I get involved in things...
...Library, not far from where we lived in the Bronx. We spoke Yiddish at home. I had taught myself to read English when I was very small. To this day, my pronunciation is as odd as it is because I learned it through the eye rather than through the ear...
...instead of a scary face mask), and, while happily preoccupied, is slipped a dose of nitrous oxide through the snorkel. Within minutes, the young patient is comfortably sedated and ready for stronger drugs, if needed. PediSedate is intended only for minor surgery, such as stitching deep wounds or inserting ear stents. For major operations like an appendectomy, anesthesia must still be delivered the old-fashioned way: through a tube placed directly into the airway. And sorry, grownups, no adult version is available. --By Janice M. Horowitz
...small bowl was some colorful plastic sea-stuff, sand and, unmistakably, a live, tail-flapping goldfish. "Hi!" read a message stuck on the bowl. "What am I doing here?" the cheeky note asked. "Let's face it. You're in Hong Kong alone and maybe you need an ear to talk to at night. I'm a great listener. I'm here as long as you want me, but if you're tired of my company, then give housekeeping a call and they will collect me." It was signed "Fish...
...this a lovely day to be caught in the rain?" She's heard this line before; the spoiled princess has played this game before. Biting her lip, she sits down, and he sits next to her, but really behind her, so we can see her singing into her ear. She rarely looks back at him. In the first few bars Fred keeps time by lightly slapping his thigh three times. A few bars later, Ginger keeps time with her riding crop; is it a leather metronome, or a potential instrument of torture...