Word: vented
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most people vent their annoyance simply by making lawyers the laughingstock of the white-collar class. Long after jokes about minorities have become socially unacceptable, mockery of lawyers remains a safe prejudice. Sample: What do lawyers and sperm have in common? Both have a one-in-a-million chance of turning out human. Another: Why did the post office recall its lawyer stamp? Answer: Because people didn't know which side to spit...
...gathered today to vent our frustrations and to address racial and economic injustices in our inner cities. But racial injustices are not limited to our inner cities," Kang said...
...bomber may have known that because the device would be detonated in the reinforced enclosure of a garage, it would deliver more bang for the buck. An enclosed area can double the "shock wave" value of an explosion. "When you have a contained explosion, the blast doesn't vent," says Phil Hough, president of International Explosives Disposal (USA). "Effectively the building becomes part of the bomb." Says Phillips: "The garage was the perfect location because of both the damage to the upper floors ((with smoke)) and structural damage the bomb would cause at the base...
...word of caution: "the '60s thing," as Jesse calls it, is rapidly becoming passe. Pas du tout dans le vent. Jesse, clad in a black velvet body suit and calf-high boots, probably knows what she's talking about...
...betrayed expectations, and independence has provoked new conflicts. On a cold afternoon in Riga's Freedom Square, an old man holds a banner listing Russia's crimes against the tiny nation of Latvia: OCCUPATION, GENOCIDE, TERROR. A young Russian woman approaches him. She talks, he shouts. His words vent the suppressed anger of a life spent under Moscow's thumb. Russians, who make up nearly half the population, must go, he says, or Latvia's culture will perish. The young woman walks away crying. A Russian man born in Latvia and determined to stay tries to argue...