Word: hosed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...inspector cried when he saw the devastation of Holly Beach. Yet, his claim was ruled "insufficient damage." His wife, Loretta, says they have appealed four times, but she's giving up. She sits on the steps of their trailer, drowning a new avocado tree with water from a garden hose. There used to be 40 palm trees bordering the property, she says. Now there are two. Loretta says she's having a bad day. All she can think about is moving - but they don't have anywhere else to go. "Hurricane Rita never happened," Sonny says. "It was just Katrina...
...past is a green room in which she can mingle with legends without regard for their individuality; in the end, all the greats just get filed under "fun music." Aguilera doesn't know much about history, but she has a voice with the blasting power of a fire hose and the gumption to treat every song like a five-alarm blaze. She absolutely devours Makes Me Wanna Pray and Ain't No Other Man, a great big goofy love song that moves with such pace and brass that you can imagine taking two quick steps, thrusting out your chin...
...sudden panic swept through the crowd and it surged away from the site, stumbling over the foot-high debris in the street. An unexploded missile? Israeli jets coming back? Moments later they cautiously returned as a fireman helped by dozens of youths unfurled a hose pipe and begins dousing the flames. But who or what was the target of this devastating air strike...
...awful lot of mud has been thrown at Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra this year, but not much has stuck. A legal dossier handed to state prosecutors by the Election Commission last week could prove harder to hose off, though. It alleges that Thai Rak Thai, the political party founded and led by Thaksin, bribed three smaller parties to field candidates in Thailand's controversial April 2 election after the main opposition parties boycotted the poll, and that it also hacked into Election Commission computers, falsifying the candidates' records so they'd be eligible...
...understand the exact mechanism yet, but physicians think elevated pressure puts a strain on blood vessels, causing them to tear or develop weak areas where plaque can gain an easy foothold. Hypertension (to use the technical term) can also force small blood vessels to burst like an overstressed garden hose; if that happens in the brain, it's called a stroke--the other major cardiovascular killer besides heart attack...