Word: torrent
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...care. Good e-mail correspondence can create quite the sexual tension, I’ll admit, but well-thought-out words risk an eventual let-down (“He sounded much wiser on the Web”). Speaking of smart, what’s with the torrent of typos? Revise your ranting for my sake at least...
...instance, on Sunday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Rice was asked about the Syrian leader Bashar Assad?s torrent of criticism of the UN investigation into the assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. ?What I?ve seen is, so far, a lot of criticism of the process and a lot of criticism of the investigation,? Rice asserted. ?That just isn?t going to - it?s not going...
...leak began from a pipe leading to the toilet in room C-43, letting loose a torrent of water that collapsed some of the House’s ceilings. Maintenance received notification of the problem at 3:43 a.m. on Friday and immediately dispatched staff members, who evacuated students thought to be at risk into the Cabot dining hall...
...never bastions of original thought, asked for more. Soon rappers who had never got a speeding ticket were referring to themselves as pimps and hustlas, and what had started as ghetto reporting with a touch of caricature metastasized into caricature with no tether to reality. The result was a torrent of albums about the joys of acquisitiveness (bling, if you must), consequence-free violence and compliant women...
...have made the next person's job a little easier." During the short time they will spend among these people, the Kiwi and Tongans will play a variety of roles: police trainer, diplomat, trouble shooter, community builder. The country is in transition, its traditional ways under challenge from a torrent of new ideas. "We have to be careful about how much influence we expose the people to, especially in the outposts," says Curragh. "We are given a lot of power and authority. Sometimes we have to take a step back. We can't be dictators. Otherwise we could destroy this...