Word: pieds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...parade, the great state banquet, which is always hosted by Premier Chou En-lai on the eve of National Day, would also be scrapped. Instead, a perfunctory reception took place that was notable for the absence of any Chinese officials higher in rank than doddering old Vice Chairman Tung Pi...
...bodies of fallen guards were tagged with their names, and their families were quickly notified. The bodies of convicts were labeled "PI, P2, P3." As late as four days after the gunfire, relatives of some convicts were still refused information on whether their sons or husbands were alive or dead. Those who were notified received the news in terse telegrams. One read: REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR HUSBAND RAYMOND RIVERA NUMBER 29533 HAS DECEASED. THE BODY REPOSES AT THIS INSTITUTION...
During punching, you will hear clubs called "final" clubs. They are called that because there used to be "waiting" clubs. If you don't understand the difference, it doesn't matter because there aren't any waiting clubs any more. There is the Pi Eta, however. The Pi has a lot of jocks, spaghetti dinners, and all the beer you can drink, which makes it a better deal for your money than any of the "final" clubs...
...pageant out of the way, the American viewer could hardly be expected to resist a few heart-pangs when Harris walks through mist to touch the corpse of his son, slung over a horse, a battle casualty. This, the signal for intermission, brought instead groans of irritation from the Pi Alley audience. If cliches be wanted, cliche vendors like Ken Hughes must take a back seat to Erich Segal...
...dissenting votes in the secret ballot went to Chile's José Piñera and Saudi Arabia's Jamil Baroody. The irrepressible Baroody often gets one vote, and there is a growing suspicion that he casts it for himself...