Word: thick
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only five minutes from downtown Montreal. From afar, Habitat looks like a pile of blocks casually stacked by an active child; from within, each of those blocks is an apartment -usually a duplex-with its own uncluttered view, private balconies and floor-to-ceiling windows. Each unit, insulated by thick concrete walls and neoprene stripping, is totally soundproof; floors are double coated with polyurethane for easy cleaning, and walls are washable...
...money, of course, that began the extermination of the Indians some 400 years ago. Portuguese adventurers, as thick as piranhas, swarmed up the Amazon, slaughtering all the Indians that seemed unfit for slavery. When the Indians, who had no concept of regular work, proved uneconomical, black Africans were imported. Indian, white and black blood blended into mulatto culture, which continued to prey on the tribal Indian. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries in the Mato Grosso, private armies of bandeirantes pillaged for gold, diamonds and slaves. Thousands of Indians who were not killed by gun died because they lacked...
...midst of it I reminded myself that Flona knew full well that the physical exercise I had undertaken throughout our married life surely guaranteed the muscle development of my thick arms...
Nobody in Charlie Company wanted to be where he was, and when we walked off Fire Base Hall and into the jungle, it was easy to sympathize. We marched as a company for an hour, then divided into three platoons. After two miles, the jungle gave way to incredibly thick undergrowth-not high enough to block out the sun and too dense to move through, either quickly or silently. Napalm strikes had killed all the tall trees whose shade once kept down the growth on the jungle floor...
...three stockbrokers, three horses and three women." Thus did a Cambridge friend many years ago describe Nubar Gulbenkian, the high-loving millionaire who died last week at 75 in Cannes, where he was being treated for a heart ailment. Resembling a Mephistophelean Santa Clans with his portly form, thick black eyebrows, fluffy white beard and twinkling eyes, Gulbenkian spent his life in a relentless chase after pleasure. "I believe in comfort. I enjoy everything I do," he said...