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...words pay their way. Sutoraiku, for example, is the kind of strike that a pitcher throws across the plate, while sutoraiki is the kind that workers go out on. It was inevitable that the Japanese would import "word processor" and just as inevitable that they would shorten it to wa-pro. Then the younger generation seized it and made it stand for "worst proportions," meaning an unattractive woman...
...were on a hiking trip in the Cascade Mountains near Chelan, Wa., reportedly tried to dispose of toilet paper by burning it in the wooded area on June 27. Because of the dry spell plaguing the West coast this summer, the men's action ignited a blaze that took three days and about $500,000 to contain, said Wenahatchee National Forest spokeswoman Marti J. Ames...
After three years of political exile, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has become the first former President since the Fifth Republic wa; founded in 1958 to regain a seat in the National Assembly. Giscard, who was defeated by François Mitterrand in 1981 , captured an impressive 63% of the vote in the department of Puy-de-Dôme regaining a seat he had held repeatedly since 1956. The winner who has made no secret of his desire to be the center-right presidential candidate in 1988, proclaimed his "victory of reason...
...standing in a cold drizzle that his trip to China had been a "long journey for peace." After the two leaders met privately in an airport lounge for 20 minutes, the Pope dropped Reagan off at Air Force One and returned to a runway podium for wa brief liturgy. "He is a | charming person," the "Pontiff later told reporters, "and I am not disagreeable either." But some Vatican officials were irked that the Pope had been used as a political prop. Indeed, a camera crew from the Republican National Committee filmed the encounter, and it will no doubt turn...
...Indian banner display at the Cornell game came after about 1000 freshmen had marched onto the field at halftime, spelled out their class year, and ran into the Dartmouth stands While unfurling the 25 foot banner the freshmen began to sing the Indian cheer," wa hoo-wa," which is also considered offensive...