Word: fatale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the nasty reputation of the pre-med requirements, taking the Fatal Five courses doesn't qualify as an admission into hell unless you hate science, hate medicine, and don't want to go to med school. I was banished to this circle by my father, who asked me "What am I paying $16,000 a year for if you're not going to become a doctor...
...Allingham, are charged with an additional count of manslaughter for endangering the lives of Chen and Le. Attorneys for the defendants say they have admitted they violated ; childlabor law by hiring the children without permits and letting them work as late as 2:20 a.m., the time of the fatal stunt in Saugas, Calif., 35 miles north of Los Angeles...
...contest that nobody knew about." The fanatics are warring Irish Catholics and Protestants, a half-century's resentment festering between them. They spike their drinks with faith baiting and engage, Casablanca-style, in fierce simultaneous renditions of Ave Maria and The Sash. By midnight one pensioner will suffer a fatal heart attack, an Ulster terrorist will be strangled by an old boyo, and two aged gents will duke it out in the men's room. Did we mention? No Surrender is a comedy...
...known as gonzo journalism. The reporter, often intoxicated, fails to get the story but delivers instead a stylishly bizarre account that mocks conventional journalism. Kesey may have quit the literary major leagues but can still be an exciting writer, whether describing a rampaging billy goat or a fatal car wreck in Egypt: "It's two flimsy Fiat taxis just like ours, amalgamated head on, like two foil gum wrappers wadded together. No cops; no ambulances; no crowd of rubberneckers; just the first of those skinny street jackals sniffing the drippings...
...THIS point that one makes the fatal mistake of asking if anyone knows a good joke. In such an environment, the response can be devastating...