Word: combustible
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sadly, some underclassmen have been known to spontaneously combust upon being exposed to The List...
...also anticipate meeting new people at Harvard Club events. Every year, the Harvard Club of Maryland sponsors a winter luncheon for members and current students. In a room full of strangers, conversations spontaneously combust into being. This past December, I sat next to a Business School alum and his wife. We talked about his old job (captaining an oil tanker), his new job (real estate development), his wife's job (sales) and my future job (journalism). We discussed the state of the real estate market in Baltimore; they gave me strategies for apartment-hunting in New York...
...homos in Hell will combust...
...Walt Disney knew, animation is more than sublime trickery; the word means giving life. With a different kind of mouse, Lasseter does just that as his film finds its heat and heart. The plot matures handsomely; the characters neatly converge and combust; the gags pay off with emotional resonance. And at the end, the movie tops itself with comic outtakes, undoubtedly the funniest finale of any cartoon feature. Antz may have amused viewers with its sidewise wit, but as a comprehensive vision of computerized moviemaking, Pixar's dream works. And when A Bug's Life hits its stride...
McCarthy added that "a bag doesn't spontaneously combust" and that the students involved in the incident "did something really dangerous...