Word: ringe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There's no escaping anality; Cambridge also seems full of these types. The bank I frequent has signals at each window that light up and ring gently when the tellers are ready for the next customer. Recently, I was at the window next to the one which is directly at the head of the line. The teller there politely asked the person in front if he could help...
...actual fights are surprisingly short but exceedingly bloody. Owners put the cocks in a foul and angry mood by restraining them and having other chickemns peck at them. Then the owners unsheath the fighters' swords, put them into the ring, and the fight til the death begins...
...first bird to die loses, but there is no real victory for the winner. If a bird is still in reasonably good condition after the fight, its wounds are stitched up, and it is sent back into the ring for another...
...others. Having guaranteed exclusivity, O.C.O. has been keeping its promise with all the ferocity, and discrimination, of a hurtling bobsled -- suing or threatening to sue anybody suspected of misusing the word Olympic or 217 different logos and trademarks. Charging an infringement of its licensing rights to the five-ring symbol, O.C.O. unsuccessfully tried to enjoin Maclean's, a weekly Canadian magazine, from publishing a special Olympic edition. It even went after an Ottawa eatery known as the Olympic Diner and the twelve-year-old Olympic Drilling Co., an Ottawa-based water well-drilling firm. "These people are crazy," said Olympic...
...Hanning wanted to inject some raw and new energy into Harvard theater. They did this by enlisting the talents of students who have had little or no dramatic experience. Providing the actors with a skeletal script, Weiner and Hanning let the performers project themselves into their characters, bringing a ring of authenticity to their roles...