Word: thinly
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...well," who are sometimes so terrified that they can no longer function normally in everyday life. The worry has even led some gays to change their appearance. Because rapid weight loss is one of the symptoms of AIDS, some homosexuals think it is not fashionable any more to be thin. "In Los Angeles it is almost a sign of health among gays to be too fat," says Kerns, who has recently put on 10 Ibs. "People now smile at me on the street...
...July 22], you assert that "ballpoint pens are better than fountain pens, and cheaper too." Do you not realize that a man is his handwriting, and his handwriting is his pen? The fountain pen is beaux arts, bold strokes, bound leather, polished brass and character. The ballpoint is Bauhaus, thin waterlines, paperbacks, plastics and personality. The fountain pen is John Ruskin; the ball point, Madonna. A man with a fountain pen in hand holds in the secret places of his heart starched cuffs and high collars, a company with "transcontinental" in its name, pince-nez, muttonchops, and dourvisaged exclamations like...
...blushing," I marveled. As she continued to pinken and covered her mouth with a delicately thin hand, she giggled and protested, "I am not. I'm laughing. Maybe I'm a little drunk. There are a lot of things that would make me blush. Viciously attacking liberals would...
...crowds hardly thin out, even into the night. The Basilica is closed for cleaning from 3 am to 5 am, but most of the people outside simply wait patiently for it to reopen. And they appear to be deeply moved by the experience of being part of this history unfolding before them. They chant the rosary, and sometimes just the name "Giovanni Paolo" in a rhythmic chorus, as they wait for hours to get a few seconds glance at the pontiff as they pass by his body...
...Nations, who had very good relations with both the Russians and the Chinese, and who loved to talk to people--a great blah blah blah. And Dulles--not exactly in a threatening way--said, 'You know, we are very concerned about Korea,' and 'The President's patience is wearing thin,' and finally saying that unless the logjam is broken, it will lead to the use of nuclear weapons. It worked. The Chinese were probably tired of the war. And the Russians did not want to go to war over Korea. But it was the Bomb that...