Word: spare
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...Surgeons are developing several techniques that destroy tumors while sparing more breast tissue--without reducing the chances of survival. (This can be particularly important for small-breasted women who don't necessarily have a lot of tissue to spare in the first place...
...matter of laziness or apathy: I like playing Casanova, and half the fun is planning a surprise. And it has nothing to do with the injustice Valentine’s Day inflicts upon poor singles, left to commiserate with one another and bleat ceaselessly about their wretched condition. Please, spare me the self-pity...
...Harvard Insurance Office trusts to teach her how to park, is outside the van telling the funniest jokes he has ever heard. He shouts that he is “bad at” estimating distances and that she should keep coming because she has three feet to spare and “three feet never shrinks.” Tierney has just taken this vehicle—one of eight in the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) fleet—for a two-hour spin out to Concord...
...pity Johar didn't spend some spare change on a decent scriptwriter: he wrote the movie himself, and evidently in a hurry because Kabhie Khushi is a tired old tale devoid of surprises. A rich couple (the Bachchans) have two sons and a little secret: the older (Khan) is adopted. This is not a problem for anybody until the boy falls for an unsuitable girl (Mukherjee). The boy's father, who has already arranged a bride, instantly accuses his much-loved son of lacking in filial duty. Cue to a clash between generations, forcing the adopted son to leave home...
...simultaneously unsettling and engrossing. But his best moments, as in “Ideofunk” and “Tomorrow Land,” are when he slows down his fingers and mellows his sentiments. Eclectic as the day is long and with virtuosity to spare, Überjam is yet another noteworthy marker on Scofield’s journey from jazz to funk to jazz and back again...