Word: phobias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shipping out from Fort Hood, Texas. A lawyer in nearby Killeen executed wills and powers of attorney free of charge. A pawnshop announced it was willing to hold items for a year without charge to soldiers going to the gulf. In Memphis a radio station sponsored an "Iraq-no- phobia" gasoline sale in which a service station, its attendants dressed like Arabs, offered gas for 50 cents...
...addition, I have also witnessed the complicated conditions of "I-can't-close-the-door-phobia" and "Music-never-loud-enough-itis" and have suffered from their physical manifestations...
...Securitate's more unusual duties was to provide down-to-the-skin security for Ceausescu. According to Pacepa, after hearing Cuba's Fidel Castro claim that the CIA had once tried to poison him by treating his shoes with a toxic substance, Ceausescu developed a phobia about becoming the victim of such a scheme and began wearing brand-new garments every day. At one time, says Pacepa, the Securitate kept a year's worth of suits, socks and shoes stored in a special warehouse; one of each, presumably after careful inspection, was delivered daily to Ceausescu's private quarters. Once...