Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...speak the language of the middle class, Bush just might help his campaign. He's halfway there. Throw in a couple more non sequiturs, a few-more incomplete phrases and a handful of misused SAT words, and Bushspeak may distinguish him from his affluent, smooth-speaking brethren...
...cultures that blend and clash throughout the state. This is the land where Asian dragons dance at Cinco de Mayo parades, where viewers can tune in the evening news spoken in Tagalog, where suburban developers study the ancient Chinese concept of feng shui to ensure harmonious building design and smooth cosmic energy flow. It is not the Beach Boys or the Eagles or the Grateful Dead who provide the voice of California today; it is Los Lobos, a Mexican-American rock band. Amy Tan novels and Boyz N the Hood are the artifacts of the new United States of California...
Although for some students "coming out" is a smooth process, for many teenagers, grappling with their sexual identity is extremely difficult and painful. Growing up, society bombards us with messages that gays are sick, perverted and sinful. With little information and a lack of role models and support, students internalize such hate and feel isolated, depressed and alone. Fearing rejection from their families and peers, they turn to suicide, drugs and alcohol or eating disorders to kill the pain and the shame...
...honoring any boycotts--and her two other solos of the night were equally impressive. Katie Guillory's solos in "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and "Don't Tell Mama" deserved highest praise, and Clancy Drake's smoother than smooth performance in "Scotch 'n' Soda" provided a delightful encore for the audience to savor...
...sounds exaggerated, consider Owen's passionate discussion of "The Joy of Joint Compound." He writes that "once, when I was resurfacing the ceiling of my daughter's bedroom, I stepped down from the stool on which I had been standing and into an open bucket of joint compound. The smooth white material felt cool and luxurious against my foot, which, as luck would have it, was bare." Mental-health professionals and spouses of Skilsaw fondlers will recognize that luck had nothing to do with...