Word: fodder
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...dramatic figure, given to quoting Shakespeare, Haughey is reportedly not at all pleased to be stage-fodder; his lawyers are said to be scanning the text with litigation in mind. Nor were the Irish media any less sensitive when the Abbey presented the piece. "Haughey fury at Abbey play" blazed the front page of the Sunday Independent, while daytime TV and radio was full of Hinterland talk. Press comments - the Sunday Times (not a reviewer) called Hinterland "feeble, puerile, trite, dissociated, shallow, exploitative and gratuitously offensive" - might also make the Irish Arts Council reluctant to extend more funding...
...this context, the Faculty’s mantra that “ethnic studies are inherently comparative” makes perfect sense; the study of identity should be abstracted from the experiences of particular groups in the same way that history is abstracted from its archeological and philological fodder. And in this general field, Harvard already has courses by the truckload—from theoretical courses on the nature of identity to specific investigations of its role in literature, economics and politics...
...been tossed over waterfalls and blown to bits. Then there is the usual assortment of beatings and shootings that are par for the action-hero course. One thing’s for sure: Arnold always comes back. He takes a licking and keeps on kicking. Everything is fodder for this one-man Bosnia: He blasts his way to salvation, leaving more corpses in his wake than an Ebola epidemic. Villains of all stripes are dispatched with terse one-liners. “Consider that a divorce,” he grunts as he blows away Sharon Stone in Total Recall...
Those who tell everyone every last detail of their weekend hook-up are trying to impress, to seem cool, to dominate the spotlight. For this reason, their love stories tend to get more elaborate with repetition. What starts out as a simple misunderstanding over a kiss becomes fodder suitable for Jerry Springer, with jealous roommates lurking behind corners and backstabbing friends trying to foil the plot...
...triumphant scene turns grotesque as a crosswalk parking job provides the fodder for another pounce by Logan security. Over our protests, a red-faced security guard calls for a tow-truck. All is lost...