Word: shirtful
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...near the courthouse, the interview was interrupted by screaming. Five feet away, a young American journalist from Knight Ridder had attracted the attention of security forces by taking photographs. Five or six of them jumped on her and began grabbing for her camera, hitting her and reaching down her shirt as she stood pinned against a parked...
...point in our conversation, Duane pointed out a student wearing an Atlanta Braves shirt, prominently featuring a controversial Indian mascot. I personally do not support these mascots, feeling they stereotype and harm real, living Indian people. I had even written a speech on this issue for high school forensics tournaments. None of this, however, prepared me for what Duane did next...
Duane approached the student and explained his opposition to the shirt with such confidence and civility that in a few short minutes, the student apologized to Duane and promised to not wear the shirt again. To this day, I have yet to see anyone in a similar position—offended by the actions, clothing, or words of another—address a potentially confrontational situation so effectively, so gracefully, and so convincingly, as Duane did four years...
JAMES GANDOLFINI For N.Y.C.'s Village Community School's auction, the benevolent boss gave the shirt he was shot in on The Sopranos...
...exercise also means the kids are exhausted at the end of the day and tend to sleep through the night. Nate was always fine after he fell asleep, but oh, those endless routines leading up to bedtime! For eight years, he insisted on sleeping in the same red T shirt with a yellow taxi on it, his large toy keyboard piano laid across his chest, his stuffed animal placed on a chair facing him and the radio playing a 24-hour news station...