Word: pinings
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...weeks later, Moxley's partly naked, battered body was found under a pine tree on the grounds of her home. She was beaten to death with a golf club after going to the Skakel home with a group of friends. Thomas, a onetime suspect in the case, and Michael, said to have had a crush on the girl, were among the last people to see her alive. The defense has tried to suppress the diary, branding it hearsay. But Judge John Kavanewsky has allowed the entries as they display Moxley's "emotional state of mind...
...could wax poetic about the joys of vacationing in the great outdoors, like roasting marshmallows, collecting pine cones and wandering aimlessly through the woods. But let's face it--communing with nature doesn't always mean one breathtaking vista after another. It rains. There are too many bugs. There's no hot water. And those darned chirping crickets keep you up all night...
Pete explained that Raratu, a hillside haven of fast-growth Californian pine and olive groves, was more of a lifestyle farm. "A life-sentence farm, some would say," he added dryly. Still, guests can get involved if they like. Some help plant a few pines but most just use this as a peaceful base for visiting wineries and beaches...
Twenty trend-crazy, “love sick maidens” pine after the poet Bunthorne, who puts on artsy airs to seduce them. The local Dragoon Guards, a crew of macho men who were once fancied by these women—but now discarded with the changing fashion—look on disapprovingly...
...Gibraltarians, though, there's little to sort out. They're British. A typical family living on this outcrop of pine-dotted rock at the mouth of the Mediterranean may have roots in Ireland, Italy, Malta, Morocco and, yes, Spain. But a stroll down Main Street shows that the biggest cultural influence has been Britain. Letters go into mailboxes - no, postboxes - marked with the Queen's monogram. Conversations, though in the vernacular Spanglish, are peppered with Briticisms like "bloke" and a car's "boot." And tea-time at the Rock Hotel means fresh scones and cucumber sandwiches with the crusts...