Word: wound
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...settled earlier in Atlanta with his wife Nga. Yen had sailed from Viet Nam last February on a rickety boat with 60 other people. Although the Malaysians opened fire on the refugees when they first tried to land, and many were later raped or robbed, the foursome wound up safely at a camp and were allowed to immigrate to America. "We have a different life and different customs," says Nga, who is a hospital technician, while her husband has qualified for his pharmacist license in the U.S. "But we can't regret what has happened before. We are luckier...
...plans to announce for the presidency in late September or early October. But during a summer of discontent, of battles fought and lost, he may have miscalculated and taken one step too far to the left. The man who has stressed cutting spending and balancing the budget has wound up on many issues in the same camp with those left-wing luminaries, Jane Fonda and her husband Tom Hayden...
...this biochemical wizardry, the tumor has in effect duped the body into regarding it as a wound to be healed rather than as a lethal intruder. Says Dvorak: "The tumor is a sophisticated and subtle parasite that uses the host's own defense mechanism against the host...
...play, and the home-made stereo which demolished thousands of records. He was an incongruous blend of toughness, wit, frustration, recklessness, friendliness and zeal. Lots of zeal, all of it poorly channelled. He wanted to be a rock and roll star, you see, but in the end he wound up being himself. Lovable, but dangerous...
...described as Crimson editors, or soc stud nerds, or Advocate poets, Little Joe remained a stereotype unto himself. Little Joe was playing his guitar too loud last night; Little Joe put a hole in the wall while practicing his kung fu; Little Joe smoked too much last night and wound up in Stillman Infirmary; Little Joe shaved his head just for kicks the other day. Just for kicks. For Halloween...