Word: slime
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...years on the throne, King Bhumibol has made the constitutional monarchy a moral counterpoint to the slime pit of Thai politics. Revered by his subjects as semidivine and for his work among the poor, he intervenes in politics only during times of crisis?most notably ending the bloodshed of the May 1992 democracy uprising. He prefers giving advice to Premiers in private. So, as Thaksin and his ministers sat in the Dusidalai Throne Hall awaiting the King's annual birthday address to the nation, they were expecting the usual sermon on development peppered with parables and gentle jibes. Instead, Bhumibol...
...newshound bosses—and because The Crimson was tight on space, the three of us were exiled to the most dismal sub-sub-basement, a cave at the bitter end of the cellar, past the presses and the half-tone machine. Our putrid little home glistened with slime-mold, reeked of ink, photo chemicals, and rot, and was cluttered with mysterious tin buckets sloshing with murky green chemicals. The stink would make us slightly queasy, but during good weeks, also slightly stoned. It was wonderful! I still miss...
...four copies each of five different channels, rather reliable hot water, and furniture that typically serves its purposes, along with a plodding washing machine down the hall. Sure, the room also came outfitted with permanently-there hairballs on the randomly-chosen rugs, belching pipes, a well-entrenched lard-like slime colony on the bathroom floor, and a central bathroom drain that sends the smells of several other toilets wafting up near mine. As long as I have flip-flops lashed to my feet, though, it’s quite tolerable. For 20 hours of classroom time per week, I earn...
...mageirocophobia: ... cooking malaxophobia: ... love play mastigophobia: ... punishment mechanophobia: ... machines melophobia: ... music menophobia: ... menstruation merinthophobia: ... being tied up metathesiophobia: ... changes methyphobia: ... alcohol microphobia: ... small things misophobia: ... dirt or germs mnemophobia: ... memories motorphobia: ... automobiles musophobia: ... mice mycophobia: ... mushrooms myxophobia: ... slime...
...drug holiday" ("n. A usually brief period during which a drug that is typically taken on a daily basis, such as an antidepressant, is not taken..."), or "seaborgium," a term from physics that I have yet to look up but that I'm almost sure means blue-green slime...