Word: fodder
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...Crimson coach Katey Stone said of the goal.“I can’t really describe it because I surprised myself,” Ryabkina added.But as impressive as Ryabkina’s tally was, she also made some rookie mistakes Friday, committing three penalties and providing fodder for postgame banter in the press room.“It was kind of tough after having three penalties in a row,” Ryabkina said.“You had that many penalties?” Stone retorted sarcastically.Ryabkina has impressed in her short time with Harvard. After...
...American troops in Iraq is one of the chief points of contrast that has benefited Obama in his fight against Clinton. In recent days, news organizations for the first time have stepped up their scrutiny of Obama's campaign, and the Goolsbee and Power flaps have provided plenty of fodder for this new attention...
Frankly, it’s fairly obvious that the exposé was handled badly; it was a vitriolic indictment masquerading as a feature news story, trashy tabloid fodder dressed in the garb of journalistic legitimacy—in short, not very ladylike...
...This provided easy fodder for his Republican opponents, who attacked him mercilessly, and often unfairly, as a candidate without convictions. At the conservative conference in 2007, Romney brought in hundreds of supporters to win a highly symbolic straw poll. But the press focused much of its attention on the detractors in the crowd - the supporters of Sen. Sam Brownback, who handed out "Mitt-flop" sandals and the person dressed as a porpoise in the hallways, introducing himself as "Flip Romney...
...cheap organs on the black markets. There are millions of poor young men in India, desperate for a job and only too ready to travel to India's big cities at the promise of a quick buck. And even if they're not willing, they're still potential fodder. The Associated Press reported that while some donors sold their kidneys willingly, some were forcibly brought to clinics, held at gunpoint and then forced to undergo operations that they didn't want. "India is not such a literate population," says a spokeswoman from the National Human Rights Commission. "That...