Week 28 The Outsiders- S.E. Hinton- Chapters 1-2

I mean, at some level working headlights are more liability than asset, especially if you’re worried about being eaten. Slate (Sep 16, 2013)

The disgraced politician was once seen as a possible presidential candidate.

Results will be published about a month after each inspection.

Dogs are uniquely sensitive to human social communicative cues. Scientific American (Sep 18, 2013)

Even people who are sympathetic sometimes struggle to support unions.

The parking lots, across from either terminal, are mostly vacant.

We’re talking about wisecracks, jokes, attitude, addressing you by name.

He previously dreamt of working in the government, a goal now unfathomable.

The grudge between the two goes back many years.

More damaging, perhaps, were the attacks on his scientific reputation.

In fact, the sage advice in Saunders’s address has gone viral, spreading across the Internet on blogs,Twitter and Facebook.

The four rogue investigators concerned were given jail sentences last year.

Cooper said Wednesday he is “over the hump” after three anterior cruciate ligament tears in his knees derailed his once-promising career. Seattle Times (Aug 28, 2013)

In fact, the real pain has scarcely begun in France, though like a patient going in for surgery everyone is wincing in anticipation.

“Our campus is pretty compact, but there’s now a bicycle-taxi service,” he said, sounding slightly incredulous.

It was teeming with people nonchalantly pretending to look at stuff.

Distracted by sectarian attacks and political feuding, the government has done little to improve education, housing and other infrastructure.

These days, the police are gone, the coca is plentiful and locals close off roads for multiday block parties—not rumbles with law enforcement. Wall Street Journal (Jan 13, 2012)

Inventing new words is one of the most rebellious things you can do.