Word: peel
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...When you peel off the cellophane and pry open the plastic case of a new CD, you’re always hopeful that the disc will deliver something special. Maybe it will introduce you to an artist who’s trying to break with tradition and create something new. Or maybe, if the artist doesn’t push the boundaries of music, the product will still boast some diversity. At the very least, said artist should present songs that are distinguishable from one another. Unfortunately, Jason Collett seems hopelessly incapable of doing any of these things. The folk...
...Bananas—as if their shape wasn’t ap-peel-ing enough...
...Obama has generated so much excitement, he would have to be considered for the party's vice-presidential nomination-the Obama people saw a trap. If Obama and his aides lent any credence now to the dangled notion of a partnership, they know that some of his voters might peel off, thinking a vote for Clinton was, in effect, a twofer. And that could drive down Obama's turnout. "We're not running for Vice President," said Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs...
...Exit polls showed Romney still running strong among self-described conservatives and Huckabee among evangelicals. Whatever the final numbers tonight, in the days to come McCain will need to focus on the hard work of calming and coopting the conservative wing of his party, lest they peel off and stay home in November to plot the Restoration...
...current 14th Dalai Lama passes away. He, in turn, announced that he was considering the idea that he might select his successor before he died. At the Harvard conference, you could see these news events landing like mortars amid the polite dialogue. The scholars carried on, reflexively, trying to peel away each other's assumptions, looking for any sliver of space where a beachhead of shared meaning might be established...