Word: souring
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...juices, spoon it over a pound of penne or pappardelle. The old pot roast is now actually a stracotto. How modern can you get? You wouldn't want the mashed spuds if you've got the pasta, but let's check anyway. Three listings: the basic one, with sour cream; one that has a whole head of cooked garlic (yum!); and one that is half potatoes and half parsnips...
...problems of many large banks suffering from sour real estate loans are closely linked to the S&L mess. Seidman noted that the thrift crisis "has clearly had an effect on real estate markets" by lowering property values and making mortgage loans harder to get. "Real estate markets," he added, "have an effect on bank results. So there is a relationship between the two. And the effect has not been good." Nonetheless, bank depositors "shouldn't withdraw their money and hide it in mattresses," says Eli Schwartz, a Lehigh University economist. "We may be having a banking crisis...
...Komplot," so dubbed by the Afrikaans press, may at least temporarily derail the fragile talks and even sour the personal relationship between De Klerk and Nelson Mandela, which seems so crucial to the success of the peace process. The affair goes to the heart of the impasse that has been holding up negotiations: the A.N.C. refuses to suspend its armed struggle until the government lifts tough security measures and releases political prisoners, but De Klerk is reluctant to take such steps while the threat of violence remains...
...girl's relationship goes sour. Boy and girl walk around campus like somebody died. Boy and girl suddenly find themselves back in college with everyone else. Boy and girl live happily ever after until the next time they meet a boy or girl...
...fear of self-destruction often leads to self-parody, and that, in particularly dreary forms, is what Murphy has been offering in recent years. In Coming to America he was all sweet reason. In Harlem Nights he was all sour obscenities. In Beverly Hills Cop II he was simply drowned out by a series of explosions. And now, in Another 48 Hrs., he is almost invisible...