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tell a large mound resulting from the accumulation of rubbish on a long-settled site, esp one with mudbrick buildings, particularly in the Middle East Tell William, German name Wilhelm Tell. a legendary Swiss patriot, who, traditionally, lived in the early 14th century and was compelled by an Austrian governor to shoot an apple from his son's head with one shot of his crossbow. He did so without mishap How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It seems like a good idea at the time, but that might have something to do with all the vodka Alex drank: he jumps into his mother's car, intending to go tell off his father for leaving the family, and promptly crashes it. Print journalism, save for a few papers like The Washington Post and The New York Times, is run by corporate hacks too scared to tell off Wall Street, eagerly jettisoning editorial personnel and shrinking news holes in favor of outrageous profits. Hodges does some key investigating on his own, Childers does the old Jack Nicholson blow-up on the stand, witnesses are pressured into lying, ``surprise'' testimony you knew was coming an hour earlier pops up at a climactic moment, and the few good men tell off the clueless desk jockeys but good. |
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