Word: wanna
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...myth. But as hard as I can remember, no one ever asked me one word about my war. In sardonic moods I used to go to Cronin's, when Cronin's was where it should be, right smack in the heart of things, and ask people in booths: Hey, wanna hear some good war stories? Not one taker...
...Even if they dropped the charges against me back in New York and I could walk free, I don't think I'd wanna go back," concluded Fugitive Radical Abbie Hoffman, 38. Facing a 15-year to life prison term if convicted on drug-dealing charges in New York, Hoffman has been on the lam since jumping bail 13 months ago. In an interview with Ron Rosenbaum of New Times and TV Documentary Producer Michael Shamberg, Hoffman described in considerable detail his new life as a member of the underground. Not only has he undergone plastic surgery, claimed...
...notice that even poor people like good liquor these days." Another explanation comes from a seventyish great-grandmother who operates a general store in North Carolina's moonshine capital of Wilkes County: "All these kids want to do these days," she maintains, "is smoke thet marry-wanna...
...little rapes" Medea and Thompson talk about begin on the street. "Whatcha doin' tonight, honey? Nice legs ya got there. Wanna come up to my house? Hey, whatsa matter with you? I'm just trying to be friendly." Some women consider such comments complimentary. Many find them an invasion of privacy. On a street late at night, they are threatening. But no matter how women feel about these jibes, the authors say, they all react the same way. Lowering our heads to the ground, they say, we pretend to fumble in our purses, or stare straight ahead...
...just wanna sit down by that window...