Word: limps
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Although Kennedy and his colleagues have fervently denied the charges, citing Kennedy’s limp as the cause for his failed sobriety test, not even the ringleaders of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ circus—has been accused by pundits of unlawful intoxication...
...given way to a more natural look of Christmas trees decorated with white lilies and pink roses that are replaced as they wilt. Guests at the holiday parties are noticing a different tone to George Bush too. He has never liked the 26 receptions, the thousands of punishing or limp handshakes, the graceless requests for souvenir cuff links with the presidential seal. But at some of the smaller gatherings this year, Bush has freed himself from the photo line to circulate with an intensity his friends haven't seen before. An adviser who encountered Bush on one of these reconnaissance...
...base has been shredded, forcing New Orleans to limp along on about a quarter of its usual income of $400 million to $500 million per year. The city has lost an estimated $1.5 million a day in tourism revenues since Katrina, and only a quarter of the 3,400 restaurants are open. Moody's has lowered the city's credit rating from investment grade to junk. The latest insult? The nation's flood-insurance program ran out of money for the first time since its founding in 1968, and some insurers temporarily stopped issuing checks...
...Still Life in Dexedrine,” serves up a chilly nu-metal acoustic-rock vibe, and a pleasant circular vocal melody. But most of the album’s songs lack the focused, melodic hooks that have made their influences so successful. The album starts with a limp minute-long guitar intro, hardly the punch in the face that any over-worked A&R talent scout would find appealing. A number of consecutive songs are in the exact same key and tempo, making it difficult to discern one song from the next. Shopping an album like this around...
Crack, flop, hit, nuts, pot-committed. Limp, leak, house, draw, gun-shot straight. It’s not spoken word and far from Dr. Seuss; say hello to the parlance of poker. No longer resigned to the backrooms of Western saloons (very smoky, very Maverick, always black and white) or Friday nights with the boys (beer, bets, and babe talk), it seems everyone is speaking the colloquialism of cards...