Word: recoiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...face and body are scraped and oozing, and his clothes are torn. Slurring his words, the new passenger says he just fell off his bike and asks to be taken the additional stop to the heart ofCentral Square. As he lunges into the front seat, the other riders recoil; one finally puts out a hand to keep him from falling off his seat. Despite the driver's offering to call help or take him to a hospital, the injured man insists on Central Square, and the driver opens the door to let him off just before the crowded main stop...
...Through Nov. 28: "Images of Europe: Photographs from the Permanent Collection," "Recoil: A Video Installation by Denise Marika," "Light on the Familiar: The Paintings of Scott Prior," "Get Real: Representational Paintings from the Permanent Collection...
...weeks can live). Perhaps the time was ripe to consider placing third-trimester restrictions on late-second-trimester abortions (not just partial-birth abortions). At the same time, some on the antiabortion side opened up to the notion that people every bit as moral as themselves might reasonably recoil at the idea that a five-weeks-pregnant 13-year old is carrying a child with rights equal to hers, "which cannot be infringed." Gobel says "a teenager old enough to fornicate is old enough to be a mother," but many others on her side can see that forcing a child...
...leaving," he writes, "I suddenly ran smack into one of the clear glass doors, which caused me to recoil in shame and to beat a hasty retreat...
...first stop is makeup. A short funky British woman lunges at my face with a powder brush. I instinctively recoil in horror. I don't like to share cosmetic products. I try to protest that my natural complexion is so smooth and vibrant that I don't need makeup. Spice Girl will have none of it and proceeds to plaster my countenance with blush and bacteria...