Word: jugular
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...Labour bastion since World War II. The sheer size of the victory - 17.6% of the electorate switched from Labour to Tory since the last election in 2005 - was sufficient cause to pass over the policy missteps and campaign gaffes that contributed to the debacle and go straight to the jugular concern of British politics these days: how long can Gordon Brown survive...
...matter if we’re playing the Yankees,” Haviland said. “We shouldn’t blow a five-run lead in the ninth inning. As [Harvard coach Joe Walsh] likes to say, we have to learn how to go for the jugular and put teams away.” Haviland started the game for Harvard, putting in a workmanlike seven-inning outing in which he gave up five runs but struck out eight. “He missed a few times...but he threw his butt off for us that game...
...eyebrow raise you make, the sidelong glance coupled with the weak smile you give, the slightly sustained gaze you offer? If you're a woman, do you feel your head tilting to the side a bit, exposing either your soft, sensuous neck or, looking at it another way, your jugular? If you're a guy, are you keeping your body in an open, come-on-attack-me position, arms positioned to draw the eye to your impressive lower abdomen...
...heavy. The last third of the album–where Diddy’s production crew, the Hitmen, are conspicuously absent–is markedly better than the rest. “Pray,” the first song and second track of the record, goes right for the jugular. Heavy rhythmic bass, a pulsing melody, shouts, and a distorted guitar accompany Jay’s straightforward, unremitting delivery. The sparking of what is presumably a J at the end of the track blazes the way for the mellifluous and soulful track to follow, “American Dreamin?...
...tell me about this horrible dog. Was Josh [Brolin, who plays Moss] just terrified of this animal? You pushed a button, and it leapt for your jugular...