Word: smotheration
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Maybe it's the culture. Southerners definitely enjoy their fried chicken (not to mention fried steak, fried onions, fried green tomatoes, fried pickles and fried corn bread). Even when their food isn't fried, they like to smother it in gravy. But while nutritionists frequently blame Southerners' large guts on their regional food choices, the accusation is a little unfair. Just as Californians don't actually live on wheat grass and tofu, Southerners don't really sit around eating fried chicken every day. "I've not come across anything that says the diet in the Southeast is worse than...
...allegation was part of a broader line of attack that Palin, who opposes abortion in all cases including rape and incest, used to paint Obama as the real extremist on the issue of abortion. "A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate we need on this issue, at both the state and federal level. A vote for Barack Obama would give the ultimate power over the issue of life to a politician who has never once done anything to protect the unborn...
...lives, the Communist Party still suppresses any public discussion of the legitimacy of its rule or talk of alternatives to the current authoritarian system of government. And there's no doubt that the same party cadres that allowed Beijing's cultural flowering to happen still have the ability to smother the creative explosion if it gets out of hand...
...outdone by his Catamounts counterpart, Richter contributed some impressive saves of his own. His personal highlight came in the first period, just after Harvard had successfully killed off a penalty. Perched at the right post, Richter went into a full-extension dive to smother a Vermont attempt from the left side.“Kyle was solid,” Donato said. “He made some good saves, he gave us a chance to win the game. He played pretty composed in there.”While Spillane was heroic to the end, the Crimson offense was finally...
...Harvard's penalty ended, a fantastic save by Richter diving from his perch at the right post all the way across the net to smother a shot by Vermont from near the left post. Both teams back to full strength...