Word: sours
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Hauls have been banned by the athletic department, still sour from shelling out about $50,000 to fix fields torn up by the vehicles following 2002’s Game, according to Undergraduate Council President Matthew W. Mahan...
...Half their initial appeal to me was how different they sounded from most of what else I was listening to at the time, and of course that card is played out now. It’s completely possible that they’ve peaked, that their good luck will sour and that the follow-up will be quickly and deservedly disowned. But even if they’re headed down that familiar dark road, I think we should pause before we assign blame to the promotional muscle of the USPS. You say there’s added pressure now because...
More uniformly appealing are the potato and celery root pancakes, served with a shmear of sour cream. These were unexpectedly sweet and managed to achieve an ideal crispiness while remaining tender inside, as good as the best latke, but also distinctly its own delicacy. Cubes of cinnamon-spiced pears piled on either side of the plate make a pretty garnish, certainly, but add a bit too much sugar to the already dulcet discs...
...Bush ran against the concept in 2000. This year he claimed he could turn the U.S.'s troubled Iraq enterprise into some kind of success. His Administration's broad failure to adequately plan for the postwar peace left him to tack and turn as the occupation went sour. On the stump, Bush brushed all that aside with loads of optimistic rhetoric about Iraq's democratic future, but his policy is still more sentiment than strategy. Back in the Oval Office, he's going to have to start filling in the details in earnest...
...streak turns sour when a Kerry supporter unloading her toddler from the backseat of a minivan shakes her hand in Clemens’ face and yells, “Boo, boo, go away.” So Clemens cheers up when he encounters a Bush supporter hosting a yard sale at the next stop on the route. Clemens swaps a Republican party flier and $1.50 for a space heater and two t-shirts...