Word: monsterous
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...Edward's new benefactor is Peg Boggs, sweet-souled and steel-willed, who somehow convinces her family to accept and house this odd fellow with digital utensils. Peg's neighbors, naturally skeptical of having a monster next door, soon realize that Edward's handicap is also an asset: his scissorhands can sculpt trees into topiary, reshape poodles into dog-show winners and fashion chic hairdos for the ladies. One woman in particular, the vampish Joyce, gets kinda kinky over this man in black with the super-long fingernails, and has a vigorous erotic go at Edward. But his devotion...
...little higher, and so I passed a little off the net,” Fitz said. “Brady hit extremely hard and smacked a defensive hitter in the face. That energized us and started us on an eight point run. Brady…was just a monster...
However, as I think about the ways in which Facebook has revolutionized the college experience, I can’t help but wonder if this toddler-aged creation is a modern-day version of Frankenstein’s monster. Mary Shelley’s cautionary tale about scientific experimentation gone awry may appear to be incompatible with Zuckerberg’s baby, but I’m realizing the real postmodern Prometheus is now a top-ten global website with repercussions far greater than drunken pokes...
...down into a single number, and the adjectives start flying: "Silly." "Snotty." "Scandalous." Echoing many of his peers, Robert Weisbuch, president of Drew University, blames the rank-ordering of diverse schools for much of the current college-admissions frenzy. "It's almost as though we've created a monster," he says. And yet, despite years of vituperation, most schools keep dutifully filling out the surveys that make these ratings possible...
...kill? If it were allowed to take over Iraq, it would be the most powerful nation in the region and fearless in confronting the West. Iran is a big dog penned up in its yard. But if we withdraw troops from Iraq, Iran will become a monster that no yard can hold. Adam J. Cooney Coventry, England...