Word: pour
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...think the economy is sound, make your butler pour the Cristal straight into your mouth...
Drug Money It seems to me useless for the U.S. to pour millions of dollars into Mexico's fight against narcos when the U.S. is the largest cocaine consumer in the world [Aug. 25]. Why doesn't it use that money to create programs for people to break the habit, or create programs like those in some European countries of legalizing and controlling consumption? The druglords in Mexico will continue to thrive as long as they have customers in the States. Susana Pérez, MEXICO CITY
...from luxuriating in l'art pour l'art, the women "understand their responsibility as artists neutrally and farsightedly as a political duty of enlightenment," says curator Eleonora De Saavedra. So the sordid or brutal realities the painters pick as their themes are never depicted too vividly or destructively: "The language of the paintings is not one of violence or debate," explains Saavedra. "It's color, light, a trace, a document of the hand [that made it], of the soul, of the individual...
...launching a national tour at the Sydney Opera House. The company returns to Britain for Christmas 2008, then begins a European tour in the spring of 2009. By the end of that tour the piece will have racked up almost 500 performances, and requests to stage it continue to pour in from theater managers around the world. So far, the original investors have recouped their investment and made a 12% profit - "Better, just, than a high-interest account," says Noble...
When I left Cambridge, I abandoned not only my Charlie Card but also my ability to research, study, and analyze. I had no intention of walking into a library this summer, no plans to spend an afternoon pouring over century-old documents or using micro-film machines, no desire to use Google for more than checking up on the latest political gossip. These aspirations were quickly dismissed upon my arrival in the press office, yet rather than feeling resentment toward my new school-like assignments, I was excited to be back in my element, to pour over letters, news articles...