Word: straightened
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...street, I straighten my back, hoping to disguise imperfections that this outfit does nothing to hide. Slut clothes are bad for the nerves, but good for posture. I click-clack my way into the UC office to pick up posters. Good lord, the Vice President and Campus Life Committee Chair are schmoozing on the couch--will they ever think of me the same way again? I hide behind some boxes and mutter a hello. These shoes are killing...
...third-floor bedrooms, Lutjenshimself pauses to straighten a framed print on thewall. He adjusts it three times before moving...
...game. The same is true of other European countries. For instance, we've come to count on France to be the sort of place where any transaction, from registering the name of a baby to checking out a volleyball, requires the approval of some sour time server who will straighten the carbons between eight copies of the appropriate form and begin his questioning with "Granmuzzer's maiden name?" I think it would be irresponsible for Lionel Jospin to transform French functionaries into cool guys who cut corners. Remember, we helped all these people out during the war. The least they...
...sentenced to death. Stafford-Smith has been working on Shareef's appeal ever since. "When I was a kid, I read about America's having the death penalty," he says. "I couldn't believe it. I was absolutely horrified. I thought I'd come over here and straighten out the colonies. I'm afraid I haven't done...
...resident of Bridgeport, the neighborhood where Clark's beating took place. "A lot of times it's about territory. If we fight with black guys, we're called racists. But that's not true. If you're from a different race and you show disrespect, we're going to straighten you out." Says Tommy's friend Kevin, 18, who is also white: "Half of them over there [blacks], they got better cars than we do. And they don't even have jobs. They got free rent, and their grocery bills paid. You know something? I don't have no pity...