Word: mushing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...versions of that creed are erupting all along the political spectrum. The redefinition of U.S. priorities and interests in the post-cold war world is a subject that cries out for cool debate. But what the country has been handed in the slow-starting presidential campaign is mostly warm mush...
...that there is anything inherently offensive about a long performance per se. After all, art is something that should defy definition and spring from complete creative freedom. But this wasn't art. This was the musical equivalent of a bowl of oatmeal mush...
...there, don't go for the mix-ins, because watching Steve's inexperienced workers mush gooey Snickers bars into your vanilla ice cream against the counter will make you sick to your stomach. At Herrell's, watching them make smoosh-ins is like watching artists at work. At Steve's, it's like watching little kids play with their food...
...help keep anything defamatory from slipping through. Still, says Marshall, "I get more pleasure from helping TIME say something than from keeping TIME from saying it." Marshall is known for his "elegant fixes," the subtle changes of phrase that defuse potential libel problems without reducing hard facts to mush. His batting average on keeping TIME out of trouble is substantially higher than the impressive .689 he hit for the magazine's softball team last year...