Word: bore
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...that matter, why should we? In recent years the tameness and sameness of movie sex have become a bore, which is not a word anyone is going to apply to this film's skin scenes. They may be offensive to some, but they will be a turn-on for others. And, by the way, Basic Instinct cannot fairly be termed antigay. Catherine is certainly bisexual, but it is just another aspect of her cultivated air of differentness, her love of high-risk games and shock effects, which Stone plays very well...
When the happy mother saw her daughter's first baby pictures, she had a startled reaction: "Whoa, who does she look like?" The woman and her husband agreed that their child bore a striking resemblance to Dr. Cecil Jacobson, who had been treating them for infertility...
...grainy photo of a smiling middle-aged man bore a striking resemblance to Army Captain Donald G. Carr, who was shot down over Laos in 1971. So much so that his relatives, like those of many of the 2,273 U.S. servicemen listed as missing in action, dared to believe that their loved one was still alive in Southeast Asia. But the Carr family was the victim of a cruel fraud...
Twenty years ago, according to the Rand report, half the nation's private guards bore arms on the job. Today, 10% or fewer do so. But that still leaves 100,000 gun-toting guards -- more than the combined police forces of the country's 30 largest cities. Yet weapons training for this army is generally skimpy. A recent survey found that eight hours was about average, and that a large part of the training consists of the mechanics of shooting rather than preparation for the real-life situations guards are likely to encounter. The survey also found that...
...claim of his marital faithlessness and questions about the way he handled his draft status in 1969, but also with an impression of being a bit too facile -- "Slick Willie," as some call him in Arkansas. The attention to his personal life and the forbearance with which he bore the rude, intrusive process diminished the Slick Willie problem. Clinton, calling himself "the Comeback Kid," got a handsome 25% of the vote for second place...