Word: nailing
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...only thing to do, Sammy," she said. Love has its limits, and with that comment Myrna had just passed them. She obviously had to go. But how? One day I snagged the perfect solution-a rusty nail in a kitchen cupboard. Late that night, when Myrna was sleeping off the extra-heavy dose of fortified milk I had prepared for her, I scratched her, ever so gently, on the right instep-I did not want to hurt her. Within the week the toxin took hold...
...Myrna. With a rusty nail...
...Maine Senator's lead, McGovern believes that he must offer formal competition that will put pressure on Muskie to take hard positions on controversial issues. Further, if McGovern can demonstrate that a genuine contest is shaping up-a gigantic if -Muskie's ability to nail down commitments of support from party leaders will suffer. The strategy also calls for stressing the importance of the primary season next year. Said McGovern: "I think that there's a different mood in the Democratic Party since the 1968 Chicago experience. You're going to have to demonstrate strength...
...ossuary, which contained the bones of a child about three or four years old and those of an adult whose name-Yehohanan-was inscribed in barely legible Aramaic letters on the outside. The man's heel bones were penetrated by the rusty remains of a 7-in.-long nail...
...Crooked Nail. The single telltale nail was preserved by an odd quirk. Because of a tough knot in the olive wood of the cross, the nail was slightly bent to the side as it was hammered into place. Later, after the young man had been given the traditional coup de grace (a blow that broke both legs and would have hastened the victim's death by causing hemorrhage and shock), the crooked nail apparently proved to be stubbornly embedded in the cross and hindered efforts to take down the body. The only practical way that this could be done...