Word: toothpick
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dylan Klebold sits in the tan La-Z-Boy, chewing on a toothpick. Eric Harris adjusts his video camera a few feet away, then settles into his chair with a bottle of Jack Daniels and a sawed-off shotgun in his lap. He calls it Arlene, after a favorite character in the gory Doom video games and books that he likes so much. He takes a small swig. The whiskey stings, but he tries to hide it, like a small child playing grownup. These videos, they predict, will be shown all around the world one day--once they have produced...
...several awards for his dramatic work to date, but news of his diverse acting prowess have not passed to the Western world. So, the casting of Chow Yun Fat is an intriguing choice for the studio, because the people who know him love him as a gun-toting, toothpick-chewing tough guy, which is completely the antithesis of his role as King Mongkut...
Poverty and destitution are indeed huge problems. Why take a toothpick to clear them, when what is really required are sledgehammers and bulldozers? The best intentioned "social worker" in a non-governmental organization would be lucky to count even one person he has truly lifted out of poverty. A single industrialist like Henry Ford, by starting the first assembly line and doubling workers' wages to $5 a day, started a trend that empowered millions and created a whole new middle-class in America--even while creating a new customer base to buy his Model T's and amassing a huge...
...form. It is no surprise then that some of the most talented and motivated young people today are eager to test their mettle, to step forward along the path that will push them furthest towards excellence. Why shirk these bigger challenges, why dodge our weightiest responsibilities, why go the toothpick route...
...promotional mail for my favorite proposition is paid for by the Coalition to Deport the People Who Pick Grapes. No local papers with detailed breakdowns of what every wishy-washy candidate says he or she believes is tucked under my door. All I have is my metal toothpick and one or two paid advertisements for the sheriff...