Word: chickening
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...Borat's fear of Jews has an exuberant, childlike ignorance - it's one more medieval superstition he carries in his baggage (along with a live chicken). And that would absolve him more than the Americans he encounters. It's funny when he enters a gun store and asks the gent behind the counter, "What gun would you get to shoot and Jew?" It's creepy when the manager recommends a certain model, without missing a beat, and as if he'd had to answer that question a dozen times before...
...Whatever the reasons behind them, though, there is little doubt that the jailings and other measures are having a chilling impact. "Of course it makes us scared," says one Christian who witnessed the clash at Hangzhou. "We call it killing the chicken to scare the monkey. They are using us as an example so that other Christians in the rest of the country are obedient...
...Katrina anniversary, President Bush sat down to a dinner of crawfish etouffe and fried chicken at Mother's Next Door in downtown New Orleans to hear about the concerns of local and state officials. But out in the still-dark neighborhoods, homeowners had a far more pressing worry - a city deadline Tuesday to gut their houses. Those left open and in ruins face possible demolition. The deadline - part of the city's Good Neighbor Program - is meant to allay fears that some areas will end up with "jack-o-lantern" development, one or two rebuilt houses amid a block...
...want a “healthier” burger option than you can find at Flat Patties, cross the street to b.good (24 Dunster Street). The meat is hand-packed and mostly served on whole wheat buns. For a less beefy option, sample the BBQ chicken sandwich...
...father's hometown were not that different from his maiden one. In a modest, tin-roofed house in a nearby clearing dotted with mango trees, Obama, 45, and his wife and daughters, Malia and Sasha, visited Sarah - "Granny" - and other relatives and shared a quick meal of chicken, porridge and cabbage. Obama told reporters gathered outside the house that he had apologized to his grandmother for all the attention she had received "because of me." "He's gone a long way," says Auma Obama, a social worker in London, who accompanied her brother on his latest trip. "He's grown...