Word: hogged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...endangered species, will of course cover the spread against those pillaging, earth-destroying Cowboys." Or when he (infrequently) admits to a gaffe and as punishment spanks himself and squalls like a colicky baby. Or when he sucks on a bottle of diet iced tea and snorts like a happy hog at the trough...
...pride of the region is still its fish. Indian River soft-shell crabs and conch are year-round regulars on menus, as are pompano, dolphinfish, yellowfin tuna and lesser-known delicacies like wahoo and cobia, both meatier, more flavorful catches. There are endless variations on snapper -- yellowtail, mangrove, hog and mutton -- all of them sweeter, firmer and more tender than the red snapper shipped out of state...
...York City five officers were indicted on murder charges in the Feb. 5 death by suffocation of a 21-year-old Hispanic man suspected of car theft. The officers were accused of having hit, kicked and choked Federico Pereira while he lay face down and perhaps hog-tied -- his wrists cuffed behind his back while another set of cuffs bound his hands to one ankle...
...Miller's gunship, a ponderous Huey "hog," was taking on a fresh load of rockets and grenades, a Soviet-made 122-mm shell exploded several yards away in a lethal burst of metal. Fragments shredded his pants, embedding themselves in his legs. One shard burned its way into his throat. After the field surgeon in Pleiku extracted a chunk close to his jugular vein, an opening the size of a quarter remained in his neck. "I was fascinated by the hole," he says, rubbing the scar. "When I looked in the mirror, I could see my Adam's apple...
...wait for war. Or even strike first. In theory at least, Saddam's options run from capitulation -- that is, the total and unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait that the U.N. demands -- to deliberately precipitating Gotterdammerung. Assessing which he is likely to choose is a peculiarly baffling task. Constraints that would hog-tie any democratic politician and most dictators mean little to Saddam. His record suggests willingness to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives if that would advance his goals even a few inches...