Word: shinning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...have to be polite? Who's going to make us? It's one thing to be pleasant, even friendly, to people we actually know and care about, but what about the folks who don't deserve anything less than a quick kick in the shin? Do I have to be polite to the guy who lives in the apartment next to me (thin walls, people!) and plays his trombone at 4 A.M.? Do I have to make nice with the woman whose dog inevitably leaves a little gift just outside the door of my building...
...impact, simply by encouraging the U.S. to rejoin the search for peace. But not all the fighters are ready to lay down their guns. In Gaza a remote-controlled bomb packed with C-4 explosive blew up an Israeli Merkava tank, killing three soldiers. Also last week Israel's Shin Bet security service foiled three separate bombing plots set to coincide with Zinni's arrival. In one incident near the Jewish settlement of Rimonin, Israeli forces blew up a car carrying an alleged suicide bomber on his way to Jerusalem...
...Commission were fired. When Thaksin was on trial for withholding information about his finances, he requested that reporters refrain from criticizing the government for six months, saying it would boost public spirits. Editors have charged that outlets that didn't comply found themselves deprived of advertising from Thaksin's Shin Corporation, the largest advertiser in the country. (Government officials deny this...
...15th-ranked Rechul, Harvard’s heavyweight, left hungry for more after a disappointing 10-2 loss to senior No. 13 Bronson Lingamfelter. The smaller Rechul was recovering from a sprained knee and had his leg taped from mid-thigh to mid-shin. Lingamfelter capitalized on Rechul’s injury by grabbing his leg and bringing him down...
...think we might be getting pulled over,” she says, “unless...oh, it’s a police escort.” For this prefrosh, who hopes to be on the Wheaties box one day and will don a good luck shin guard strap she’s had since childhood during the Olympics, it’s all about enjoying her 15 minutes of fame...