Word: crutched
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...subtler way, Dean's lack of a war record might have actually helped him. For the Kerry campaign, Vietnam has been a crutch, an all-purpose response to any foreign policy attack. Partly as a result, Kerry's team didn't use the Democratic Convention to develop a compelling national-security message, a mistake it is frantically trying to remedy now. Dean, because he couldn't talk about Vietnam, might have focused on other things--like Bush's failure to get tough with the Saudis or fund homeland security--that Americans care more about than whether Lieutenant Kerry deserved...
...picture of urban reality, that's pretty freaked up. Yes, profanity can be a crutch for lazy minds. But used by good writers, it helps create character and place. And on Sex, the talk is ultimately more important than the action. In the original version of the episode The Real Me, Margaret Cho, playing a foul-mouthed fashion-show producer, personifies New York City: stressed out, uninhibited and slightly nuts but vital, driven and alive. Divested of her F bombs, her character practically disappears...
Rushing for an Ivy-freshman record 1,187 yards and 12 touchdowns—both good enough for second in Harvard history behind the sophomore totals of Chris Mennick ’00—Dawson provided a much-needed offensive crutch, particularly after Fitzpatrick fell victim to injuries four games into the season. The record-setting effort also helped Dawson become just the second freshman ever to receive first team All-Ivy honors...
With the Crimson slow out of the gates, Grumet-Morris provided an early crutch, turning in a handful of solid saves to keep Clarkson off the board early. But as Harvard emerged from its funk, Grumet-Morris regressed...
...Herb Brooks. Russell, whose dusty film resume has been given a sudden shock, walks, talks and grunts the part of the bull-headed Brooks with confidence; if the film had been released two months earlier, he could very well be garnering award attention. The film’s only crutch is its presentation of the hockey games, splattered onto the screen with so many close-ups and jump cuts as to make the games unintelligible...