Word: drowned
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...voiced and judged on their merits. This year, several instances of curtailed speech raised our ire. Last November, DePaul University professor Norman G. Finkelstein’s speech at Harvard Law School was frequently interrupted by a vocal minority of protesters, who shouted taunts and attempted to drown out his words. A similarly worrying episode occurred in the spring, when some students tore pro-life posters depicting a talking fetus named Elena...
...Democrats have gotten more confident, they've started bragging about all the hearings, investigations and subpoenas they will drown the Bush administration with if they take back the House. Pelosi declared one of the great things to be in the majority would be "subpoena power." Democratic House candidates are not thrilled, and party strategists say this is not a smart tactic. "I don't think it's helpful to get into the sort of scare tactics of abusing subpoena power," said Dianne Farrell, who is running for a House seat in Southern Connecticut. "The American people are not looking...
...through the entire ordeal whispered the word materpiece, if only to annoy the rest of us - because for most reviewers, this static film about the Lisbon lower depths was literally un-sit-throughable, at least after the first hour. If Costa does win, expect a chorus of boos to drown out his acceptance speech...
...that moment, I said, "I jumped, I'm in the water, no one is going to save me, I might as well just let go." But I went down in the water, and I hated that drowning feeling. I thought, "No, I can't drown, that's just horrible, I'm alive." Then I thought, "This is a dream, it cannot be happening." I actually pinched my right cheek to check...
...were 16 when you told your parents you were gay. Why then? I had just broken up with my first girlfriend. I was distraught and decided to drown my sorrows in chocolate and sugar. I skipped school to go to a doughnut shop and was on my way back when I didn't see the red light until it was too late and got rear-ended in my '82 Toyota Starlet hatchback. I went home and told my mom first. I don't remember my exact words. It took her a couple minutes to realize this was not just...