Word: thickness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sunday morning in the desert uplands north of Los Angeles, 15 disciples gather by a wire fence to absorb the teachings of a visiting guru. "Are you nervous?" the guru asks Katie Stangler, 16, in his thick Scottish brogue. Katie nods. "Ah, you don't have to be. Just do your usual thing, and forget I'm here. I'll come in and help you if you're struggling...
...confess; I am not a true indie rock queen. I do not have short, spiky, bleached-blonde hair filled with little barrettes. I do not own Pavement's Slanted And Enchanted. I do not smoke cloves. I rather dislike tea. However, I wear thick black-rimmed glasses. I own a pair of Saucony shoes. I prefer vintage clothing to the mall. I own Sebadoh's Bubble And Scrape. On cassette. I knew about Belle and Sebastian during their If You're Feeling Sinister days. I have my cartilage pierced...
...leader and that's one thing we learn in training. Your femur is this bone and it's surrounded by thick muscles. Not only do you have to wrap it up, you have to pull the bone to prevent it from cutting the femoral artery. You need to wrap it up in 15 minutes or you could...
Fading into the background is something no one could accuse Dreyfus of doing. Over six feet tall, with thick glasses and a ragged black ponytail, he is a slightly imposing presence as he strides through the Yard to the Science Center. While waiting for his copies, he is going to the Media and Production Center to rent a megaphone...
...much trouble lately with my personal journalist/soldier duality-of-man thing. Even if the perspectives here are a little narrow, it's a worthy and purposeful ethos they've got, and it's begun to fit me all right. But sometimes the propaganda flies so fast and thick that I've got to run for the foxhole of my old fun-loving cynical self (never far away...