Word: tells
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...began to learn early on that children and their families have stories to tell about their lives," Coles added...
...prefer the word "impressing." We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system-beating, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...
...engines had failed 53 times at the academy and at another base before the second crash. Rando's father Paul was stunned by this information when it was relayed to him at his Massachusetts home as part of the Air Force's standard family briefing. "How can you tell me there's not something wrong with this goddam plane when the engine's failed more than 50 times?" he remembers asking. "Something's sure wrong with something...
...that matter, it is very liberal minded of you men to allow us to pay for ourselves when we do go anywhere together. But I'm not liberal, so with good conscience I can tell you what many women on this campus would love: try breaking out your wallet once in a while. We can pay for ourselves when we're alone, or with friends. Make us feel special, subtly remind us that you actually want to spend time with us. Open doors for us, wait for our order to arrive before you attack your own plate of pasta...
...start. Legs pumping, chest heaving, wind racing through your hair, you revel in the energy. This is the best track you've been on yet, and the other runners are the best you've seen. As you lean into the curve, you pass the crumpled bodies of veterans and tell yourself they must not have felt like you do now. If they did, they'd still be running...