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...language pileups. Some greatest hits: "I know how hard it is to put food on your family"; "I understand small-business growth. I was one"; "The most important job is not to be Governor, or first lady in my case." But the fun wasn't just limited to subject-verb mangling. More exciting still was his style. Occasionally he walked the stage hunched like a gunfighter, arms poised to pull his pistols. To punctuate a point, he'd sometimes squat and bow his arms as if he were trying to lift a water cooler. Or he'd poke...
...course, there are challenges beyond verb conjugation. With entrepreneurs rushing to cash in on the student trade, the government warns buyers to check references. Then, too, visitors must learn to dodge Quito's unforgiving drivers, leap on buses that rarely seem to stop and make do with unreliable heat and hot water. Waldemar Steuer, 59, a retired German mining engineer who took a three-week course this fall, found one solution for the 45[degrees]F nights: he slept in his suit with four blankets...
...that makes all adult humans regret that they didn't stick with piano lessons. I lasted only a year, when I was 12. This summer, on vacation, I passed a mahogany upright in a hotel lobby, and my fingers itched to open its lid and conjugate the verb "to tinkle." Of course, there was a sign taped to it that read, "Please do not play the piano." No problem. They might as well have asked me to please refrain from solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
...that makes all adult humans regret that they didn't stick with piano lessons. I lasted only a year, when I was 12. This summer, on vacation, I passed a mahogany upright in a hotel lobby, and my fingers itched to open its lid and conjugate the verb "to tinkle." Of course, there was a sign taped to it that read, "Please do not play the piano." No problem. They might as well have asked me to please refrain from solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
...also to let you know that I'm running for Class Marshal! Isn't that [self-deprecating adjective]? I just wanted to tell you how [adverb] I need your vote and how much it would mean to me. We're such [adjective] friends and I know you'll [verb] me. And [interjection]! We have to get together soon! I'm busy for the next [time period] but I'll get back to you on when is good for me. We have so much [noun] to talk about! I'm so [adjective] to be one of your best friends...