Word: lames
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fight and to die that the future will hold no wars." Granted, Koizumi did make annual visits to the shrine a campaign promise in 2001, and some speculate that he fears the wrath of the Japan Association of War Bereaved Families if he stops. But Koizumi is a lame duck?he has repeatedly said he will not try to extend his term when it expires next September?and last September's election proved that Koizumi's support is broad enough to risk alienating influential domestic constituencies in the name of better international relations. A close Koizumi advisor, who asked...
...better or worse, it was in the pages of this magazine that I worked out some of the fundamental existential crises I’ve had in the last three years. Why are some girls lame? Why am I so lame? Why don’t more girls masturbate? What does Matt Glazer look like naked? As always, I make my personal life a public thing. Facing the edge of a paper cliff, I might as well indulge in one last self-important self-exploration...
...those who really like to keep their finger on the pulse of the student body, there is an “Endpaper” at the back of each issue. This is essentially a personal essay in which students describe how ostensibly lame and depressing their lives are and then try to flip the script and claim that they are perfectly content. They generally achieve this effect through flowery prose, self-delusion, and false claims that they “go into Boston a lot.” In other words, if you’re thinking of killing yourself...
...broken at all beneath those fishnets,” said McKee. The team members nodded in assent. “I hate this effing stupid team,” said Lowrey, clutching a cigarette. “I can’t wait until I am a lame duck. Too bad I actually will be lame,” she said, exhaling into Fee’s face...
...salvage his remaining three years. The focus will soon shift to the 2006 midterm elections and then to the race to replace him in 2008. And a midterm election that doesn't go the Republicans' way would draw a bright line of demarcation between a presidency and a lame-duck Administration...