Word: straightening
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...phase transition, roughly analogous to the sharp change that occurs when water turns into ice. And just as an ice cube is marred by cracks and lines left over from uneven freezing, the universe too might have developed flaws -- in the form of strings. These strings would try to straighten and contract, often whipping about and getting tangled in the process. When a string crossed itself, the resulting loop would pinch off from the main string and go vibrating away...
...Cosby Show, one of the most successful sitcoms in TV history. The show's enormous popularity, Cosby has said, was "a major, major step, not just for the American people but for those who control what goes on the air. The truth is in the numbers, and this helps straighten out the nonbelievers concerning what an American audience will watch...
...pocket on the street. To a Missouri youngster, Boston can be a marbles game in which the shooter need not knuckle down, but to a Pacific Northwest Indian, a Boston was any white American. And in a black ghetto like Watts or Harlem, conk means to straighten a person's hair with a lye solution, reports Cassidy, as well as carrying the more universal connotation of hitting "someone hard, esp on the head...
...advance warning of the demonstration at Lowell House and had arranged for an alternate site, but Mr. Hoppenstein insisted on facing the demonstrators. He continued in peak and answer questions from students in the ICK up until the last minute. Upon using the vestibule. Mr. Hoppenstein also paused in straighten his he before proceeding to the airport...
...back to Mamou still able to function minimally. There the girls would join them on the backs of their steeds, and they could have gumbo, and they could dance until midnight. The lesson seemed to be: get drunk, hunt chickens, eat well, kiss the dickens out of pretty girls, straighten your deportment the next day, assume your place among your fellow...