Word: thinning
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COLIN: You cannot afford to miss, picking up on that metaphor. You miss by an inch, and you've got something that's catastrophic. There's a thin line between being deeply moved and the desire to vomit...
Halloween was part of the traditional pre-Christian cycle of festivals in many different parts of Europe. The Church tried to tame it in a variety of ways, but the idea that it is a time when the veil between our world and the Otherworld is especially thin and the two can communicate persists. Witches were often accused of participating in sabbats on this date, and certainly modern witches have embraced the occasion as well...
...best bargain is the Lunch Special, served Monday through Thursday until 3 p.m.—$4.76 for a bowl of miso soup, and beef or chicken curry served with unlimited rice. The curry is substantial, sweet and spicy—the slivers of carrots and thin shreds of pork are cloaked by a cinnamon-brown sauce and served atop sticky rice...
...implied that only a thin line separates “He hits on girls” from “He hits girls...
Bolivia is burning again, like it burned before, and the flames will not die soon. Their president, elected by a razor thin margin, has resigned and flown to Miami. Democracy hangs by a thread. There are big issues at work there, fights at high levels over globalization and free market reforms. But if you want to understand Bolivia’s unrest, just look at the pictures...