Word: knifings
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...where Colono sat when the 18-year-old called attention to Pring-Wilson’s stumbling, laughing at him and calling him “shit-faced.” After the two exchanged words, Pring-Wilson opened Colono’s door and with his folding knife stabbed Colono five times, the prosecution said...
...Officers investigated several people believed to be smoking a Class D substance, believed to be marijuana, on Weeks Bridge. Officers ran a warrant check on the individuals, and then confiscated the substance and a knife and sent the individuals on their...
...insurgents who control the town. His captors, he says, beat his feet and legs with a pipe until he could no longer feel them, thrashed his back and tied his genitals before forcing him to drink three bottles of water. At one point, Hadi says, he heard a knife being sharpened next to his ear. His interrogator threatened to chop off his head unless he confessed to collecting information for the U.S. forces. Hadi refused...
...Iraq or the effects of globalization on the American economy. The Kerry strategy is to present an "optimistic" candidate with a "positive plan for the future." The Kerry consultants, who actually believe this claptrap and have zero sense of political theater, sound like a bunch of low-budget Ginzu-knife salesmen when they represent their candidate on television: We're offering you a $4,000 college-tuition tax credit and--for no extra charge--a $1,000 reduction in your health-care costs! They also seem to believe this election isn't about the most important decision Bush has made...
...bank to deny you a mortgage. At dinner, don't commit the cheese-course gaffe of cutting the tips off Brie and Camembert wedges; instead try the fragrant Cantal, "like soft Cheddar, with a hint of athlete's foot." As a prose stylist, Clarke can't hold a cheese knife to legions of past Anglo-Saxon observers like Mark Twain and Janet Flanner (or even to Mayle). But Merde has a lively plot - West's French boss is up to no good - plus an element missing in many such tomes: sex. The hero's success in learning to separate politesse...