Word: bitingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...idiot was Tyson. The former champ and eternal bully, having already lost the first two rounds, decided to retaliate for an accidental head-butting cut over his eye by biting part of Holyfield's right ear off with 40 seconds left in the third round. The reigning champ jumped up in pain and walked away in anger, blood streaming from the ear. Tyson then ran after Holyfield and shoved him in the back before referee Mills Lane intervened. During an ensuing four-minute delay, a physician examined Holyfield and determined that he could continue, while Lane deducted 2 points from...
Yesterday, I thought I had selected a relatively healthy ham sandwich for lunch. But on the first bite it was clear that this was no American sandwich. Joining the ham were thick slices of creamy cheese, sliced eggs and more butter than you would get on a bagel with butter from Bruegger...
...Lord of the Underworld as a sour, conniving Hollywood agent. He works every meeting, with gods, mortals or demons, as if it's a bored crowd in a Vegas lounge ("So is this an audience or a mosaic?" he asks after a gag bombs). Even his compliments have the bite of insults: "You look like the Fate worse than death," he purrs to one of three haggish wraiths. And when he blows his smoldering top, it's like Krakatau in orgasm. In character, design and performance, Hades...
...quick-service restaurants (QSRS, in the industry lingo) have been expanding the number of taco stands, pizza parlors and burger joints 6% to 7% annually. Compare that with the increase in available mouths, 1% annually, and the equation becomes clearer: the only way to grow business is to bite off a piece of the other guy's sales...
Princeton, despite being the tournament's top seed and possessing a league-record nine Ivy titles--including the previous four straight--struggled against Harvard. The outcome showed that the Tigers' bark was worse than their bite...