Word: birthmark
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...printer. Not only do newsroom computers rarely print to this printer, but when they do, they print-outs display odd beige birthmark-type spots...
...foretold in the Bible," that he was an apocalyptic figure: he had a mark on his forehead. Everyone had searched for signs in previous leaders as well, but Lenin's speech defect, Stalin's mustache, Brezhnev's eyebrows and Khrushchev's vast baldness were utterly human manifestations. The unusual birthmark on the new General Secretary's forehead, combined with his inexplicably radical actions, gave him a mystical aura. Writing about Gorbachev--who he was, where he came from, what he was after, and what his personal stake was (there had to be one) became just as intriguing as trying...
...piano. And she refuses to accept what is evident to all: that Charlotte, now on the cusp of womanhood, is a dwarf. The townspeople pretend to ignore it. But one fellow, the aging stranger Ludovico D'Andrea (Marcello Mastroianni), sees Charlotte's disability as a sweet eccentricity, like a birthmark or an overbite. Ludovico has been courting Dona Leonor in his fashion, and someday he will be a doting stepfather to the girl. He will propose, won't he? Of course he will...
That's like protesting because of his hair color, way his teeth might crook, or the presence of some unknown birthmark. Like his sexual preference, none of these things make any difference in Gomes' ability...
...percent certain that the person in charge of the committee is the one sitting right in the middle, but be warned: this person almost always has some sort of hideous scar or birthmark that is practically begging to be stared...