Word: raggedness
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Amid the current media frenzy about Somali pirates, it's hard not to imagine them as characters in some dystopian Horn of Africa version of Waterworld. We see wily corsairs in ragged clothing swarming out of their elusive mother ships, chewing narcotic khat while thumbing GPS phones and grappling hooks...
The zombies, with blood splattered all over their ragged clothing and faces painted pasty white, lurched forward with their arms outstretched, while zombie hunters who survived the zombie apocalypse gripped toy guns to ward off potential threats to their grasps on life. One female zombie gnawed at a bloody heart...
When Army Staff Sergeant Amanda Henderson ran into Staff Sergeant Larry Flores in their Texas recruiting station last August, she was shocked by the dark circles under his eyes and his ragged appearance. "Are you O.K.?" she asked the normally squared-away soldier. "Sergeant Henderson, I am just really tired...
Yet even within the E.U., there are vastly different attitudes toward spending. Some member states are pumping huge sums into the economy: Spain's $115 billion public-works-led program is equivalent to 8.1% of GDP, while the Bank of England has just begun a $100 billion bank-note print...
At this point, Yo La Tengo should need no introduction. The Hoboken, NJ trio haven’t been a part of indie rock history so much as the barometer for its highs and lows. Emerging in the mid-80s with a series of distinctively exuberant college-rock LPs, the...