Word: foote
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...duck. The duck was going to die anyway, but not until it had been properly fattened up in the breeding factory where Long, then 12, was required to work in the waning days of China's Cultural Revolution. The ducks were force-fed through a tube operated by a foot-pedal - a single pump per meal. One day Long got careless and accidentally pumped twice. End of duck...
...fairly small guy at 5-foot-eight and 140 pounds. I'm probably closer to five-nine. I'm not actually that short compared to a lot of guys. We have guys that are five-three, five-four, five-five...
...stands, moderates and conservatives alike predict that Ohio Republican John Boehner is likely to stay in charge on the strength of his handling of the bailout rebellion in September and the drilling fight over the summer. Majority leader Roy Blunt, long the object of complaint among party foot soldiers, announced Thursday that he would step down, a day after the party's No. 3, Adam Putnam, did the same...
Kristin Fraser Cotte and her then boyfriend (now husband) took that idea to the extreme when they embarked on a two-year sailing trip through the Caribbean. They were already boat enthusiasts, but nothing could have prepared them for two years spent on a 30-foot boat. "We learned everything about each other - both the good and the bad," Cotte laughs. "I learned that Pete is a zombie before his morning espresso - he literally has no recollection of conversation before coffee...
Today, Guy Fawkes Day - also known as Bonfire Night - is marked across the United Kingdom by celebrations. To foot the bill for the traditional fireworks, children roam the streets in the days leading up to the event, brandishing their effigies - known as "Guys" - and ask passers-by for a "penny for the guy." (The phrase famously serves as the second epigraph to T.S. Eliot's 1927 meditation on despair, "The Hollow Men.") Families gather for food and festivities that might seem incongruous with the event's bloody origins - although perhaps not as incongruous as lighting fireworks and bonfires to celebrate...