Word: poisonously
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...Farrakhan: We have never got to the point where we would sit down to open up these kinds of discussions. Unfortunately, there are those who saw in me a poison that would infect that group. And so they used their influence to push that group away from me. Even if they liked me, they could not associate with me for fear of what it would do to them professionally and economically...
...Ever?" which opens the record, has a similar economy of means, and is similarly stunning: in this case it's the vocal melody, the way the last two vowels get stretched out in "Don't you ever wanna know?" that sticks in my head for hours. In "Poison Arrows Shot at Heroes," it's the way the title line of the song falls by seven notes or so in less time than it normally takes to say, let alone sing, those syllables: having fallen so far, so fast the song immediately recovers its balance by landing on a stabilizing...
Apparently, Leland has seen "Philadelphia" one too many times. He's watched Jason Robards's character pour out "the poison in his soul" with perverse relish. It's a dream world of, well, clear-cut moral issues--a world where the reporter can say with smug confidence, "Homophobia seems like such a simple issue. We've all known homophobes...
...fiance Shelby, a Southern gigolo played by a very young and dapper Vincent Price. There is also Laura's aunt, who is having an affair with Shelby. And lastly, there's Waldo Lydeker (Clifton Webb), an acid-tongued newspaper columnist whose pen, in his own words, is dipped in poison...
...staff is wrong to support such a measure which will invariably make it easier for teenagers to poison themselves and kill others while sitting behind the wheel of a car. That is, unless the staff (which I assume supports the protection of health, happiness and life) wishes to be inconsistent itself...