Word: freaked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meteorologists described the disaster as a freak occurrence caused when tropical storm Alberto traveled up from the Gulf of Mexico and stalled, dumping torrential rains. Roads, bridges and dams swiftly gave way to the swollen waters of the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers, bringing on a wave of tragedies. In the town of Americus, where 21 inches of rain fell within 24 hours, 16 people perished. Georgians will not soon forget the images of a young Americus woman screaming as the waters of Town Creek engulfed her car and swept her and her baby downstream. Or of dozens of coffins from...
...that of the infamous Menendez brothers. The latter celebrities are to undergo a ritual which the Simpson case has elevated from legalistic obscurity to event of national import: the "pre-trial" hearing. Why waste time on self-examination when the really crucial question is yet to be decided: Which freak gets top billing in the rogue's gallery...
...addition to the currently Orthodox Jew whofirst got Matt high, Matt lived with a motleycollection of people, who he describes as: theformer managing editor of the Crimson, aborn-again Christian, an intellectual freak, aGlee Club member and a "Korean fascist...
...Crimson strung together nine hits in the fifth through eighth innings after being no-hit through four, but a freak groundout to third that deflected off Northeastern pitcher John Forneiro, and two hard-hit double-plays ended three of those rallies. (Harvard scored in the other inning, the sixth, off of Jamie Crowley's triple into the right-center...
...this is a parodic setup for Mom's delirious trial and exploitation. It's a tatty freak show, and Waters loves it. "I'm a participant in everything I criticize," he insists. "My movies aren't about violence but about how America is so confused about fame." The confusion and fascination, he suggests, come from a public exhausted by their own mundane problems and eager to find release in someone else's. "Here's the reason people can laugh about it," he says. "I've had a long day, you've had a long day, other people have been fired...