Word: semi
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...after surviving the cocktail hour from hell, I attended a practice session of 127, Iran's hottest underground rock band. Because the regime still pretends to oppose the toxic culture of the West, rock music is semi-taboo, so the band rehearses in a soundproof bunker inside an abandoned greenhouse in a low-rise complex of concrete apartment blocks on the outskirts of the city. The band members compare themselves with writers in Soviet Russia--miserably creative, creatively miserable. They sing in English and dress in the uniform of global grunge: long sideburns, faded Converse sneakers and plaid shirts...
...avid writer in college, Limpert was elected president of the Lampoon—a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine?...
...think the semi discouraged them because we only got a seat in front of them and they didn’t move the whole race,” Howard said. “I think they were worried that if they ever gave anything up, they wouldn’t be able to get it back...
...semi was basically Eastern Sprints and Pac-10s, part two,” sophomore varsity two-seat Andrew Boston said. “We had no idea how fast Cal and Washington were...
...semi was basically Eastern Sprints and Pac-10s, part two,” sophomore varsity two-seat Andrew Boston said. “We had no idea how fast Cal and Washington were...