Word: splintered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...same girl, only to pass out in front of 7-11 later in the night...Advoflappers dressed up for their Depression-themed comp party (20s? 30s? Who cares if the costumes match the decade) on Saturday. The party featured a life-size Hooverville that led to many an unfortunate splinter and a speak-easy featuring a winning concoction of grape Kool-aid, vodka, and (some speculate) tranquilizers. Nothing says “Depression” like Xanax...A certain former “Scene” sex columnist and her sexxxy blockmates crashed a Story Street party on Friday, much...
...died in Iraq, a figure that reached 3,000 New Year's Eve. But she was the first member of the military I've personally known, if only briefly, who's been killed. The shock and sadness I felt upon seeing her dead is nothing more than a splinter of pain compared to what those who loved her must now feel. Still, the moment allowed me to begin to grasp the depth of anguish felt now by so many Americans and Iraqis who've lost loved ones to the conflict. It's staggering. The shared miseries already seem bottomless...
...religious right and gave evangelicals a taste of their potential clout on such issues as abortion and prayer in schools. But as most large political organizations eventually do, the coalition, which has recently weathered declining membership, shakeups in several state chapters and financial problems, has now started to splinter...
...trying to "live the principle" of plural marriage; at the end of every episode, the network's defensive disclaimer informs the audience that the Mormon church, in fact, rejects polygamy. Similarly, the nonfiction best seller Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer chronicles shocking murders within a Mormon splinter group, though it was probably lost on many readers that the sect has no connection to the church. More recently, the 50-year-old leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a sect that has been disavowed by the LDS, has been on trial...
...promised to turn monstrous Turkey into hell," with "more actions, bigger blows." Aydar told Time last week that the p.k.k. and t.a.k. differ in their underlying philosophies and do not collaborate on operations: "We are not responsible for what they do." Whether masterminded by the core p.k.k. or a splinter group, the bombs mark a troubling departure in tactics. They are the first by the p.k.k. or any of its offshoots to target civilians and tourists on such a scale in recent years, threatening an $18 billion tourism industry. "We are facing an al-Qaeda?like terrorist gang," an editorial...