Word: shreds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...them who had a shred of compassion told me to go ahead and mail the check and the reply card in. She said they would be put into a pile in case more tickets were issued. Pathetic, but good enough for me. I went straight to the nearest mailbox...
...still dances like a jive Astaire and earned audible swoons from teenage girls at the premiere. The film's 3-D effects are familiar but engineered with flair: an asteroid waits to plop in your lap, Fuzzball hovers adorably over your shoulder, and Huston's tentacle talons virtually shred your shirt...
...administration's claim that the terrorist actions are all (or mostly) the result of a plot emanating from Tripoli. Actually, despite the constant assertions that the evidence linking Qaddafi to the various incidents is "incontrovertible," we the people of this country have yet to be presented with the slightest shred...
...contention that liberals determine their stands by opposing the conservatives is groundless, ludicrous, unsupported by any reasoning, and insulting as well. Without a shred of evidence you accuse every liberal of not "carefully analyzing each question." This is extremely offensive, but so obviously groundless that it is not worth discussing further...
Marcos' critics on Capitol Hill were equally outspoken. "Marcos has lost whatever shred of legitimacy he had," said Congressman Stephen Solarz, a New York Democrat. Republican Senator Richard Lugar, leader of the 20-member team of U.S. observers that monitored the Philippine election, was even more ominous. Said he: "President Marcos has lost the church, he has lost the middle class, and clearly he is now in the process of losing military support...