Word: haunt
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What, for example, do I do in Cambridge if I find myself with some genuinely free time? Mostly, I haunt bookshops, even if for 30 or 40 minutes. This is therapeutic—“retail therapy” one might...
...last class, the best friend, the last snack stolen from the dining hall? Nothing remains; we forgot to take pictures and now we find memories must suffice, fade as they may. The picture lies, anyway; must hides behind the edges, as deadlines loomed and worries, foolish now, haunt its shadows. At best, pictures can serve as talismans, as the hidden corners are painted in the warm light of memory...
...order in Indonesia has put the world's fourth-largest country through one nightmare after another in recent years: ethnic cleansing, cannibalism, mob massacres, military slaughter of civilians, lynch mobs enacting vigilante justice. But lost among these headline-grabbing horrors are other tragedies, the kind that will continue to haunt Indonesia long after the headlines have been forgotten. Factories are spewing out toxins unchecked, illegal loggers are slicing through national parks with impunity, and poachers and hunters are decimating the country's rich wildlife. At sea, pollution, uncontrolled fishing and the use of cyanide and dynamite threaten to empty Indonesia...
...there anything particularly controversial about Walters? Any statements he?s made or policies he?s supported in the past that could come back to haunt...
...says in the Times Magazine article. He remembers finding the dead bodies clustered together, though he insists his men began firing from 100 yds. away, shooting as they advanced on the hooches. When the unit spotted several people running away, they shot them too. "It's come back to haunt me about every other day," Kerrey told TIME. "If you feel that shame, it's very hard to talk about...