Word: gatherered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...while money can't buy love, counting it could help you find that special person. "Maybe young men who are going out to bars to try to meet women should count money," muses Baumeister. "I gather they have to approach a lot and get rejected a lot. I am not a specialist in bars, but it would make the men feel strong and probably make them not as bothered about being rejected over and over...
...Disorderly conduct has its roots in the mid-19th century, when police officers needed a way to quell street brawls that erupted frequently between recent immigrants and already established residents, often regarding labor issues. Crowds would gather and cops needed to restore order in public places. According to the Cambridge police report, Gates exhibited "loud and tumultuous behavior, in a public place" that "caused citizens passing by this location to stop and take notice while appearing surprised and alarmed...
...fish jumps out of a woman’s plastic bag in the candy shop as I’m making my way over, eyeing the sour straws. I jump back and scream. The workers gather round and close the plastic bag over the fish after many attempts. The bag still flops...
Meanwhile, Iranians are already looking to upcoming dates of significance to gather, in particular the 40th-day anniversary of Neda Agha-Soltan's death, which will occur at the end of July, and the inauguration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term. The date for the swearing-in has not been announced for fear of triggering a mass gathering on the scale of the Friday prayer last week, when former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani spoke for the first time since the election and condemned the government's response. Until then, protesters, even the more timid who choose...
Lawmakers and ministers from the two main parties in the coalition government are cited in the report for allegedly organizing meetings to gather gang militias who then evicted rival communities. Among those named are Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, a member of the Party of National Unity, and William Ruto, Agriculture Minister and an influential lawmaker from the Orange Democratic Movement. Kenyatta has not commented on the specific allegations. Ruto accused Western powers such as the U.S and the E.U. of interfering in Kenya, and said the nation had been subjected to constant intimidation. "Kenyans...