Word: crutches
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...lesbian make-out session, also strikes out. The humor throughout caters specifically to its male audience, but this kind of soft pornography has been done many times before. Even more cringe-worthy is the film’s use of medical conditions like incontinence and epilepsy as a collective crutch for cheap, physical humor. Turns out seizures aren’t that funny, even when they involve failed fellatio. The firemen—only tangentially related to the epilepsy subplot—serve as one of the movie’s few redeeming motifs. In their absurd and relentless pursuit...
...principal's permission; a town slide in Oklahoma is dismantled for liability concerns. "To restore our freedom, we have to purge law from most daily activities," writes Howard. But this seething polemic is less about a society buried in paperwork than one that clings to procedure like a crutch - and has lost its capacity for independent thought in the process...
...heads the U.K. capital-markets practice at the consulting firm Accenture. But there is no place other than New York that boasts the combination of specially tailored office space and clustered expertise to challenge London's status. And even in the worst-case scenario, the London economy has one crutch that won't be knocked down: huge government spending ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games...
...happening will upset London's position as the fulcrum of finance in Europe," says Marc Lhermitte, a partner at Ernst & Young in Paris who specializes in foreign-investment issues. And even in the worst-case scenario of continued market turbulence and a deep recession, the London economy has one crutch that won't be knocked down: huge government spending on preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games...
...negative case against Obama with an upbeat, optimistic smile - but was unable to paint a truly damning portrait of an Obama presidency, especially on the economy. He exhibited a few physical and verbal tics that made him look his age, including a heavy reliance on his "my friends" crutch, and seemed nervously well aware of the high stakes. Without a solid win, he did not make up as much ground as he needed to, but lives to fight on. Overall grade...