Word: pockets
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...Arabs) had sneaked into our neighborhood. We prayed at home. I switched on the TV. There were clashes near the settlement at Tawil Mountain, called by the occupiers Psagot (a Jewish settlement). The children woke up. I wanted to take them to school. I gave my son Abdullah his pocket money. We left. My other son came to tell me that the city of Ramallah was under closure. Teachers and most students were not able to arrive home. We went back...
...applause of the night on David Letterman last Thursday when he repeated the "trust" mantra. Indeed, when Gore in the debate brought up the Dingell-Norwood bill, a bipartisan effort to solve the HMO problem, he might as well have pulled a shiny chrome instrument out of his back pocket and performed an invasive procedure on one of the Undecideds. In the face of details, Bush seeks refuge in his own good intentions, expressed in a warm bedside manner. "You can quote all the numbers you want. I'm telling you, we care about our people in Texas...
...stepping into the future with a pocket full of change required a make over indicative of these fundamental changes in the organization. In a lamentable but necessary change, the RCAA became the Radcliffe Association--a change that RCAA President A'Lelia P. Bundles '74 said "reflects our tradition but also lets us welcome in other people--men, for example." Although the vote to drop the reference to the now-defunct College was unanimous and needed to reflect the changing nature of the organization, it was nonetheless moving to witness the end of an era and see the last vestiges...
...wanting to press the public purse, have historically failed to fund intern positions, precisely because they can. No matter what housing, food, and transportation expenses interns incur, not to mention the opportunity cost of lost wages, there will always be those who pay (or whose parents pay) out of pocket for the experience...
...course, it helps to have mid-'90s alterna-megahits "Basket Case" and "When I Come Around" in your pocket for the encore...