Word: exception
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gullies and in the paddies." He said he saw a boy standing among the bodies of 15 adults. "There was just this little kid there, this little boy, and I looked over and saw Medina [the company commander] shoot him. I don't know why he did it, except that there was a bunch of bodies there?and I guess the boy's mother was one of them...
Layoff Bonuses. Governments usually stay clear of the negotiations, except to appoint a mediator occasionally, when the bargaining is especially tough. The government contributes to labor peace through selective intervention to aid the unemployed. Sweden's National Labor Market Board has a highly honed intelligence system to warn of impending layoffs in plants. Often, the board establishes an employment office on the spot to arrange to retrain workers and find them new jobs. It pays the travel cost of interviews for job seekers, as well as moving expenses and family allowances, plus a $130 bonus for each worker, just...
...zabaglione a zingari, the compilers of cookbooks have turned to something really occult. Bats, eye of newt, serpents, felon's hands and less mentionable exotica seem to have formed the staple diet of the industrious witch. It should be said that this book serves no culinary purpose except perhaps to divert conversation among guests from the infamous concoctions some contemporary witch may happen to be serving in the name-not of the devil but Julia Child...
...sure to unravel, revealing his shoulder holster. If the Brain keeps fish in an enormous tank, it is certain to shatter, drenching the occupants of the apartment below. If the robbery is meticulously planned, it is sure to collapse into a three-ringleader circus, with no one the winner-except the audience...
...vein so another nurse tried her luck on the other arm. The guy next to me said he was giving blood to protest the war. I did not have any pat answer explaining my reasons, but part of it was because giving blood is like giving money to charity-except it gets under your skin a lot more...