Word: roughness
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...after the collapse of the German Democratic Republic (G.D.R.). Yet some east Germans still cling to memories of the 40 years they lived under communist rule - memories that have grown more affectionate with time. Speciality shops and some websites offer east German board games, 15-packs of the infamously rough Cabinet cigarettes, Be Ready condoms, even cans of Trabi Duft - fumes from the iconic Trabant car - and the very brand of hair gel preferred by former east German leader Erich Honecker. Young Berliners still gather at "authentic" G.D.R. parties, where guests don the uniforms of state organizations, swill Little...
...does from Schlosser's book. Here the immigrants are illegals from Mexico, but their path, their Calvary, is the same. They survive a perilous trip into the U.S. and are assigned a literally vomitous job handling cattle innards at the "Uni-globe" meat plant. The women endure rough handling by their sexually avaricious overlord; some of the men get mangled in the machinery, only to be told they're not eligible for insurance...
...each other very much but have found it increasingly difficult to maintain a normal relationship with constant intrusion into our private lives," they said. But the British tabloids are awash in breathless speculation about the true reasons for the breakup, most of which basically blame Mills, who had a rough childhood before becoming a topless model and catwalk star and who lost her left leg in 1993 after being struck by a police motorcycle. She has been called a gold-digger;unstable; a publicity hog; jealous of his fame; she supposedly upbraided him about his style and his marijuana smoking...
...focus is really on our own efforts.”Those efforts include a 13-6 setback two weeks ago at No. 2 Hofstra, who opens against Providence Sunday afternoon, and the 14-13 triple-overtime loss in the regular season finale against Dartmouth last weekend. But despite the rough stretch, the Crimson hasn’t done anything drastically different this week.“The season kind of follows a natural progression, as you get farther and farther in,” Anderson said. “I would say if we had one major goal for this...
...rough edges,” Beyl told the audience. “He was down in Minneapolis with a young friend. Typical, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. His life got taken away...