Word: sicklied
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...accept that the man who just bagged our groceries is 72 years old and lost everything when his wife got sick? He's worked all of his life and retirement shouldn't mean more work...
...identity. I still love Boston teams, especially the Red Sox and Patriots, above all others. I still think those two teams have developed their organizations more intelligently than most of their competitors (and I have the championships to back me up on that). And I’m not sick of watching Boston teams contend for titles, or of being ever so slightly smug when they capture one.My outlook on sports hasn’t changed completely, but it hasn’t stayed the same either. Being at Harvard has exposed me to a variety of people with different...
...wing coup. A police demonstration is far from an insurrection, and even if the cabinet falls, the parliamentary merry-go-round should keep on turning there are disaffected and frustrated army groups in France in addition to the extreme right wing parties, but according got Hoffman, de Gaulle seems sick of politics and gives his supporters little reason to believe that he will lead them to power...
...Coke contained dangerous and nasty surprises. It is quite possible that the collective hysteria that struck nationwide last weekend indirectly caused these incidents to occur. With countless articles about the issue (prompted by countless meetings by many overreacting parents), newspapers and television spots put ideas into that many more sick heads. Just as paranoia builds on itself until the subject is immobilized, so the elaborate Halloween precautions may have spurred the very attacks they were meant to protect. Back in fifth grade, I used to ride the subway to school every day. Sometimes I would be scared—there...
...meeting, Sullivan, who proposed that local schools host parties to replace traditional trick or treating pursuits, stressed that the need for protective regulations was not based solely on the recent Tylenol attacks. He argued that the outbreak of product tampering would plant similar ideas “in a sick person’s mind” during Halloween, and noted that trick-filled treats had been a problem in years past, citing an incident of someone who “put stuff in candy bars” in North Cambridge 30 years earlier...