Word: snails
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...upon the self, but a kind of protective numbing of the emotional self following some interminable psychological chaos--a kind of writer's block, a lover's block. Bashfully and impulsively, their songs attempt to define themselves, to heal their centers, achieve form, succeed, each reaching out delicate as snail antennae hoping to rebut the past. Admittedly, as Kozelek acknowledged, his songs sometimes come off "whiny and pretentious" but most of the time meaningful, as when in "Uncle Joe" the narrator pleads, I'm looking at the ceiling with an awful feeling of loss / and loneliness. / The after late-night...
...could not access the location of the article, understandable because there is no telling what would happen if African snail smuggling information were to fall in the wrong hands. With no way out of my predicament, I turned to help from the man sitting next...
After taking the elevator downstairs to the periodical room, I had 17 minutes left. The lady there explained to me that my desired article was in Lamont Library on microform. I rushed over to Lamont, fearing that if I were too late, the delicate secrets of African snail smuggling would fall into the wrong hands and be lost from the free world forever...
...Protestant victory that established England's rule over Ireland. Protestant marchers will be out en masse, and unless the police can prevent further clashes, Hillenbrand says, Catholic-Protestant relations could relapse to the hostility of the last decade. Peace talks in Belfast, which have been proceeding at a snail's pace for the past month, have been suspended pending the outcome of the marches. -- Anita Hamilton
...electronic funds transfers. Among the many reasons: E-mail sent via the Internet arrives instantly, provided it is addressed correctly, while the post office is lucky to deliver 80% of first- class letters within three days -- an average that has caused the netheads of cyberspace to dub it ``snail mail.'' Moreover, one never reads about thousands of electronic messages being misplaced for years and turning up at the wrong address...