Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which they seem worse...
...surface, then, there do not seem to be a lot of crazy goings-on in the firehouse. The strangeness only becomes apparent when you begin to consider the nature of firefighting itself...
...faker. Bob knew that he had been acting by the exaggerated way he had passed out in the truck and by the way he had forcibly held his eyes shut. Spike said that it was disturbing how many people they get who fake illness, most of whom just seem to be lonely and want some attention...
...believes to be good evidence that before Lincoln was shot he was "in a state of early congestive heart failure"-brought on by his aortic condition. About seven weeks before Lincoln's assassination, for example, he told his friend Joshua Speed: "My feet and hands of late seem to be always cold, and I ought perhaps to be in bed." Though he was only 56 in 1865, Abe was also easily fatigued toward the end. "There is only one word that can express my condition," he said, "and that is 'flabbiness.' " Once, shortly before his death...
Each dog weighs between 75 and 85 pounds. To the uninitiated, they seem scrawny, but they're supposed to be that way. Massachusetts State Racing laws are so strict that if a dog misses his official weight by more than 1 1/4 pounds, he is not allowed to race. Rules like that, says Scott, prohibit overfeeding...