Word: objectional
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...your personal, involved, independently-minded assertion, your only job is to keep me awake. When I sleep I give C’s. How? By FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for—a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and this is what gets A’s. Underline them, capitalize them, insert them in the top, “Illustrate...
...appointment. Since Blagojevich could be impeached as early as next week, a bureaucratic delay would allow Quinn to then make what would be considered a legitimate appointment. All of this may seem like an internal party squabble, but Democrats say the GOP is waiting in the wings, ready to object to Burris and demand a special election (as Illinois Republicans unsuccessfully tried to do a few weeks ago); given the way Blagojevich has dragged down the local party in recent weeks, Democrats fear such a vote would cost them the seat. "The [Republicans] wouldn't have a leg to stand...
...first took hold elsewhere in the Americas-exactly where and when remains uncertain. A ceramic pot discovered in Guatemala that dates at least as far back as the 10th century depicts a Mayan puffing on tobacco leaves bound up with string. (The Mayans may also have handed down the object's name: their term for smoking, sikar, likely led to the Spanish cigarro, from which the cigar takes its name.) When Columbus stumbled upon the Americas in 1492, he also discovered tobacco; the New World's natives smoked cylindrical bundles of twisted tobacco leaves wrapped in dried palm or corn...
...shoes at someone is an act of extreme disrespect. Shoes, and feet in general, get a bad rap in Arab culture. The language is peppered with insults referring to feet. To say that someone or something is "like my foot" or "like my shoe" means that the person or object is of no importance and beneath you. Sitting cross-legged in a manner in which the sole of a foot is pointing toward an Arab is also a grave insult. U.S. troops in Iraq are often lectured on the importance of not exposing the soles of their shoes in public...
...where the sun don’t shine,” and “Get on my vine and we can climb” convey nothing beyond base sexual innuendo. One thing that can be completely ruled out, however, is the possibility of Common’s sex object getting any literal sugar of her own: her trim physique is of utmost importance, and her only job is to “sweat like [she] was losin’ pounds.” Common certainly has more technical ability than other rappers making generic club music...