Word: flush
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...They might be trying to flush out all of the current members," one said. "The senior class is the bad apples of the club...
Each question was more disappointing than the last. The one about receiving "Social Security or Railroad Retirement" confused me. Telling about my apartment's flush-toilet capacity has clearly lost some of the bragging rights it held in the original 1790 Census. And that "How many bedrooms do you have?" question really rubbed it in my face...
...rasps Matthews, an utterance worthy of King Lear thrown out into the night. In "Shoot the Messenger," Matthews morphs again to give a convincing invocation of Tom Waits circa his "Rain Dogs" album, albeit with a Welsh twang in tow. Yet overall the album causes a disconcerting flush and distress at its inconsistency. Matthews' voice is too good for mere pop. Catatonia's instrumentation is too catchy to act solely as backdrop. Theirs is a hard line to walk. B -Teri Wang...
Representative Joe Knollenberg, a Michigan Republican, has sponsored a bill to bring back the kind of flush that Americans consider their birthright. Paul Welday, Knollenberg's chief of staff, says the current law is "making lawbreakers out of people who just want a toilet that works...
...fine and suspension of their license if they install new high-flow toilets, but what goes on behind the bathroom door is difficult to regulate. Some people simply put in their own toilet; others have been known to have their low-flow toilet adjusted to higher flush standards. Still others have been known to buy a low-flow for inspection and replace it with an Old Faithful after the inspector leaves...