Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they found the nightmare had only just begun. "Oh, they die plenty!" cried Peter Sam Kinbi, 42, of Su-Bum. "You go to one compound, and they all finished. You go to another compound, and there is one man and maybe one child living. They all dead. When you touch them, they be like stone and they be white spot (dried spittle) on they mouths and on the ground. My wife, my six children, all dead...
...biggest job," he says, "is to create the atmosphere where creative people can do well. There are a lot of people running hard in this institution, and there has been a remarkable absence of smugness and self-satisfaction." Only a cynic would find in that statement a faint touch of self-satisfaction...
...choice seats in Harvard Stadium last night came with an added touch of comfort--a red cushion emblazoned with the 350th logo. But Harvard's scheme for distributing the tushions seemed a bit beneath the dignity of those privileged enough to sit in the exclusive "Crimaon Circle...
...most difficult aspects of my summer jobs has been making myself laugh at horrible jokes. A random assortment of suicide notes would be far more amusing than anything I have heard. Although the majority of them are so ethnically and sexually offensive that even printing them would touch off a series of riots, it is possible to convey a little bit of their essence...
...celebrate our 500th birthday, then, let's try not to get too caught up in the inherent self-congratulatory self-aggrandizement of the event. For with a little effort and a touch of care, we can make it so that there is even more to cheer at some far off, distant date, at another anniversary celebration...