Word: sicklied
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...These tenure offers made by Gates, who is currently on sick leave, produced a string of acceptances in the last year...
...Guns N’ Roses and Motley Crüe, two bands known for their cock-rockin’ swagger, couldn’t muster more than a slumber party shovefest when they quarreled.More recently, the political hardcore group Born Against’s indignation over NYC brocore band Sick of It All’s label-enforced censorship led to an hour-long radio debate. In a polarization that haunts hardcore to this day, SOIA came across as bonehead sell-outs, and Born Against as self-righteous aesthetes.But feuds rarely reach such lofty abstractions, centering more often on clothing...
...also urges the federal government to be prepared to carry out a mass evacuation if state and local officials can?t do so. That means making sure states and locals have (and rehearse) good plans - which must include strategies for dealing with the sick and elderly, whose particular plight after Katrina was one of the most troubling aspects of the relief operations. The report suggests that locals should not get federal disaster money if they have not completed such plans in advance...
...investigate the nomination of Fabrizio Cambiati, a priest and healer who lived in the 17th century, 76 years earlier. From the villagers, who would love nothing more than to have a hometown saint, Archenti hears fantastical tales of Cambiati's miracles: he floated among the clouds, cured the sick, revived the dead, made cathedrals appear out of thin air. It has grown so out of hand, Archenti writes in his journal, "the people believe they are being healed by him before they become sick. How am I to separate proof from hopes and dreams...
...sick of the trees and the squirrels. I need a city. I need a male population. It’s like, ‘Oh my god! Men! They do exist!’” she jokes, as Tristan S. Lang, her new boyfriend, tries to get her attention...