Word: spits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...truth as exaggeration in the statement that during these years the fourth floor of the IAB became a haven for weekend-knitters and others who sought the comforts of lightly soothing entertainment. All of the "ugly" elements of "professionalism" were absent; the shoving, crowded masses of basketball fans who spit, scream, swear, and elbow their team on to victory rarely climbed the four flights of stairs more than once...
...splendid gift of malice. He does not much like man and his works, and is even less fond of woman and hers. He also has a deep and evident distaste for the dreary stuff that silts up lives and is called Reality. Collier's fictional method is to spit neatly into Reality's eye, and then watch mockingly as Reality fishes for its soiled handkerchief. To the reader, the spectacle can seem wondrously funny...
...friends, assuming such identities as a job applicant, a woman, or a doctor reporting a comically grotesque diagnosis of some third party. He is also devastatingly adept at mimicry, something he does not only for laughs. "Actors have to observe," he says. "They have to know how much spit you've got in your mouth and where the weight of your elbows is. I could sit all day in the Optimo Cigar Store telephone booth and just watch the people pass...
...murderer who lived in what is now Rumania, at the edge of the Turkish empire, from 1430 or '31 to 1476. He was known to his times as Vlad the Impaler, and with good reason. His favorite method of torture and execution, although he had others, was to spit his victims on wooden stakes and watch them writhe...
Ideally, methadone is mixed with fruit juice (to make injection difficult if the drug is stolen) and administered under the eyes of doctors or nurses. In practice, carelessness or corruption permits a few patients to hold the juice in their mouths until they can spit it into plastic bags and sell it as "mouthwash methadone." Some unethical doctors are selling the drug to nonaddicts or prescribing unneeded amounts to real heroin users; many addicts are getting extra supplies by enrolling at more than one treatment center. In clinics where vigilance is slack or rehabilitation services inadequate, take-home privileges...