Word: odd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wander in when cleaning food area--odd convention of workers talking and cleaning with all lights on. "We're closed buddy," man tells me from behind the counter...
Bush was known to nearly every member of his graduating class of 1,000, his friends say. He was affable, funny and just the slightest bit odd...
...April taking turns. Together they were raising April's toddler (from a previous relationship), earning a living and wondering how Shane could learn to manage his jealousy when he heard Chris having sex with their wife. Despite the obvious difficulties, until about a year ago, they had formed an odd but functional family...
...matter of time before antiquated child-labor laws are inverted to establish a maximum wage and minimum hours. (In fact, the better question may be, is it even fair to keep these kids stuck at home or in a classroom during their peak earning years?) These are the odd socioeconomic circumstances that place me among the first generation of Americans who strive to do better than their children...
...evolution create such an odd system? Perhaps, the scientists theorize, to give humans the best possible chance to pick up all the odors around them--a sort of stereo smelling that could have boosted the odds of finding food or sniffing out enemies...