Word: belches
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...write this election eve, the moths have gathered in front of the fluorescent screens. Newspaper editors in their city rooms all over the country are preparing the final flatulent belch to an already prolonged, parataxic monologue. Soon, I hope, the air will clear, empty prediction will withdraw to its bastion on the sports pages, and newspapers will return to their permanently valuable fare of weddings, obituaries, and corruption...
...West are comically disassembled, like Hamlets seen from backstage. Typical is Crabb's meeting with Wyatt Earp. "You just spoke my name," says the skinny stranger. "I don't know your name," says Jack. "It is Earp," says the stranger. "Oh," says Jack, "what I done was belch...
Often, however, heartburn comes with a backflow of partly digested food from the stomach into the esophagus. The victim may then belch up a little of this undigested food or its juices, and be concerned by the sharp taste of his "sour stomach." In most cases, this is a minor matter, and the result of gulping food while under emotional tension. A classic case is that of Wall Street brokers, who eat on their feet during midday trading. The cure is to stop eating, which is easy, and to calm down, which is not. Antacids may speed relief...
From southern Kyushu to northern Honshu, the classic brush-painting coastline of Japan has been transformed into dynamic montages of modern wealth. Fire and smoke belch forth from towering blast furnaces that gobble up a steady stream of coal, iron ore and limestone from huge supertankers. The Japanese take second place to no one as owners of the most modern steelmaking equipment, have 14 ore-to-ingot plants operating at nearly 95% of capacity and another four being built. Japan ranks second to the U.S. in up-to-date strip-mill capacity and produces 38% of its steel...
Francois Mauriac adapted his Nobel-prize winning book, and Georges Franju--an allegedly fast rising young artist--directed two talented performers, Emmanuele Riva (of Hiroshima Mon Amour) as Therese, and Philippe Noiret (of Zazie) as Therese's husband, Bernard. It's hard to believe that such talent could belch up such obvious junk...