Word: raggedness
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The irony is that the prisoners themselves were not waving the Cuban flag either. In the midst of a torrential downpour last Friday, some 75 Oakdale inmates gathered around an American flag, linked hands and raised their arms above their heads in silent prayer. In the distance, a ragged banner...
"The game was very fast, especially in the first half," Getman said. "Both teams were running themselves ragged."
A half-century ago, when the sun rose in the clear prairie sky and the first school bell had tolled its sharp warning, the ragged muster for the two-mile journey to the old gray schoolhouse would begin.
By bus and on foot, the ragged families set out from China's harsh state farms and make their way to the coast. After buying passage with their savings, they sail for Hong Kong. For the second time in eight years, they are refugees. Viet Nam expelled them first; now...
Two weeks ago, however, the Saudis were not as lucky. According to accounts pieced together last week, the trouble began on Friday, only minutes after the end of midday prayer services. In 115 degrees heat, a white-robed sea of penitents swarmed around the Sacred Mosque, where the devout come...