Word: marlena
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...preparing to collect a couple of hundred dollars on a dare. She had settled on a simple plan. Just wait for the bell to ring, reach into her book bag, grab the 12-in. fillet knife she had brought from home and stab the teacher in the chest while Marlena, a 12- year-old accomplice, pinned her down. Then -- whoosh -- instant respect...
When Greenhill entered the classroom, a few students whispered, "Get her now! Get her now!" while others said, "You better not." The assistant principal intervened and ordered the two conspirators to her office, where she confiscated the knife and called the police. Last Friday, Okiki and Marlena were charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. Now parents, teachers and the 700 students at Irving Middle School in Lorain, Ohio, a racially mixed, economically strained town of 70,000, are looking for explanations. They are talking about the growing gang violence, the drug syndicates from New York City and Detroit that...
...Otis and Marlena vacation in Miami, looking for pleasure and relaxation. But it's a lie: their attempt is hollow...
...more or less cohesive whole. She is forever the wayfaring stranger of "The Silky Veils of Ardor," moving on, searching for something intangible. She longs to make life click joyously into place. She sees through other people's unsuccessful efforts to "get through this passion play." In "Otis and Marlena," for example, Mitchell depicts a couple visiting Miami Beach, down from somewhere in the north...
...first round but was then outgunned by Kennedy of Cedar Rapids. Saturday night, the Southeast Polk Rams and the Kennedy Cougars prepared to battle for the title. The Rams, led by Rae White's deadeye shooting, were the more polished and experienced players, but Kennedy had the towering Marlena Mossbarger and her "little" (6ft. 2 in.) sister Mona...