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...emerges clean from an affair such as this. Obviously, Adams is the clear loser in the situation. His first wrong—not fessing up when a reporter wrote a series of articles about his relationship with Breedlove—was compounded by his choice of defense against the allegations that were actually true. Adams brought his own sexuality into the picture by accusing reporters of homophobia during his 2007 campaign for mayor. Adams argued that the accusations played into “the worst deep-seated fears society has about gay men” in the Portland Mercury...
...hanging out with Ol’ Dirty Bastard—may he rest in peace—her distinctive vocals on “Strange Enough” are sorely out of place next to a sampled ODB verse about his childhood. “Feelin’ clean, I was only 13 / With the heavy starch on my Bugle Boy jeans,” he raps in an homage to the misguided fashion of the early 90s, only to be interrupted by the strained rock vocals of Karen O’s chorus.“Spacious Thoughts?...
After examining the two, Flores discovered both had been bitten on their toes; the clean incisions and the profuse bleeding were telltale signs of a vampire bat attack. The vampire's bite is quick and razor sharp, so the sleeping victim doesn't feel the incision; and the animal's saliva contains a strong anticoagulating agent that leaves the victim bleeding for hours after the bite...
...hissed madly, trying to bite its handlers through their gloves. The veterinarians applied a poisonous gel to the body of the captured vampire and released it, allowing the animal to return to its roost, where the other bats - up to dozens in the colony - would dutifully lick it clean, killing themselves in the process...
...military. The officers who set up the games do not have any imagination. They use past experience to determine what it likely to happen in the future. The next time a real conflict comes along, all that soldiers have learned from their training is how to keep their weapons clean and give out their name, rank and serial number...