Word: knifings
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...small town in Kenya's lush Rift Valley, arrows are scattered around a dusty, hay-littered compound. Men in plaid-checkered shirts construct bows and say they were forced to arm themselves for war. "We were using swords but they were not effective," says Sylvester, 24, slashing a knife in the air. "In a day we can make between 80 and 100 [arrows]," he adds, refusing to give his last name out of fear. Community members pool money together to buy the necessary tools in secret; the arrows are then distributed within the neighborhood. Local leaders know about the arrow...
...create for himself or others,” Amaker said. “He’s our best creator, our best playmaker, and he’s our best finisher. So we just thought if we could space the floor a little bit and see if he could knife in there. “He was able to get to the basket without anybody stopping him,” Amaker added. Lin continued his strong play into the extra session, hitting a short jumper in the lane on Harvard’s first overtime possession just 22 seconds...
Agile was not an adjective normally associated with Philips. Sprawling, complex or plodding seemed an apt description. "They'd sell something I didn't even know they had," says Scott Geels, analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein in London. "And I wasn't the only one." Kleisterlee took a carving knife to Philips' abstruse portfolio. The semiconductor business--where even his own father labored--as well as other component businesses got the chop. "In the economic reality of today, you have to make a choice," Kleisterlee says. "We focus on the brand; we focus on marketing; we focus on downstream...
...wraps her legs and arms around him and rocks him back and forth. Their bodies meld into one another, transcending the line between life and death, as she dances with his limp form. It’s as if her spirit dies at the sight of Romeo, and the knife is just an afterthought. The visceral nature of “Romeo and Juliet,” it turns out, transcends the spoken word and can be effectively expressed through the art of dance. While the dancing often falls subject to the narrative, especially in the expository first...
...years. Their relationship ended at the beginning of October, according to court documents. Though the two were at first on friendly terms, Tang soon began to send threatening e-mails to Styke. On one occasion, court documents say, she even told Styke that she was going to get a knife to harm either herself or another person. The incident for which Tang has been charged began on the night of Oct. 22 when she saw Styke studying with a female friend, according to court documents. She attempted to gain access to Styke’s dorm room from a security...