Word: smothered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wishers over the years, but his Republican colleagues in the Senate have not often been among them. His attempt to get the bill past a GOP filibuster in 1999 set off one of the nastiest Senate confrontations in recent memory, as members of his own party ganged up to smother his reform. So it was both a good omen and a bit of a surprise that last week, as McCain launched yet another attempt, the bouquet of flowers he received came not just from a Republican but from one sponsoring a rival bill that could kill McCain...
Just because Asian movies don't smother the screen with sex doesn't mean a lot of filmmakers aren't, um, doing it. Sex and identity are in. Be it adultery, homosexuality, lesbianism or good new-fashioned sadomasochism, Asian filmmakers and audiences are insatiable...
...Best Experimental Film from the National Society of Film Critics last month. As Maddin cuts from one shot to the next with uninterrupted speed, the film feeds the viewer a surprisingly satisfying plethora of visual information and symbolic imagery; you’d think that the quantity would smother your mind, but the film’s tried-and-true love story leaves one free to turn one’s attention from the film’s plot to its most striking images. I’ve seen Heart of the World three times, and it has never failed...
...these low-cost airlines has given consumers reason to hope that enough competition was present in the system to maintain pressure for reasonable fares and better service. But the looming mergers promise bad news for the little guys as well, says Gritta. The market gargantuans, he says, will smother smaller carriers, like Jet Blue, whose businesses depend on finding economical niches in crowded airports...
...65th minute, though, B.C. was able to break though. Eagles midfielder Sarah Rahko set up forward Katherine Halloran with a leading pass that lured Gunther out of the goal. Halloran was able to collect the pass before Gunther could smother it and she tucked it into the empty net for the equalizing tally...