Word: gummed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...about their fascination with human eccentricities: retardation in There's Something About Mary, albinism in Me, Myself & Irene, obesity, spinal bifida and vestigial tails here. We mock, they say, because we care. But that doesn't make the film elevating or amusing. Torpor sticks to the actors' feet like gum on a movieplex floor. Will Hal make you laugh? Fat chance...
...safety of the nation's food supply, especially of imports, a concern reflected in all the talk in the makeshift antiterrorist war room he has opened in his Washington headquarters. Only a tiny fraction of the food coming into the U.S. undergoes inspection, officials note. One concern: imported gum arabic plants, the source of additives for many foodstuffs. These come largely from Sudan, once bin Laden's lair, via Canada, and because of the North American Free Trade Agreement may enter the U.S. uninspected. "Am I satisfied with the inspections we're doing?" Thompson asked rhetorically. "No, I am more...
...they also show a surprising willingness to sample and attempt the gimmicky sounds of their younger peers. “Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)” is perhaps the most blatant example, yet Manson shows her causticity can lend unexpected melodic credibility to an otherwise bubble-gum track. The album on the whole continues in 2.0’s path by offering a balance of both driving rock tracks (“Shut Your Mouth” and “Silence is Golden”) and delicate ballads (“Drive You Home?...
...baseball cards in decline, FM has decided to change the game a little and debut a set of Beirut All-Star Trading Cards. Gone are the batting averages and runs batted in, the silly pictures of overweight men in tight tight pants, and the Barbie doll pink bubble gum. Beirut is a much simpler game. Each game requires two stoic players battling for no real reason except the need to get tipsy, a tiny white ball, a long crusty table and the will...
...also attacked MIT’s building efforts, citing a recently constructed MIT building which he described as resembling “[a big thing] with a giant bubble gum machine...