Word: spoil
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Whether they plan on studying, sleeping, or just plain gobbling, a number of undergraduates say they will not let the exodus of their fellow students spoil their holiday fun this Thanksgiving...
...finally Talbot to be stumbling about in the wrong bodies. Of course there are a couple of breathless, will-he-or-won't-he subtexts. Will Talbot and Lestat make love? And -- the same theme restated -- will Talbot let Lestat turn him into a vampire? It shouldn't spoil the melodrama to report that in these campaigns Lestat scores one success, one failure...
Other dangers begin once the fish is out of water. Because bacteria that live on fish are adapted to withstand the cool and cold waters of lakes and oceans, they can thrive in temperatures cold enough to preserve other foods. Such microbes will quickly spoil the catch of the day, unless it is confined without delay to temperatures close to freezing. Even under the best conditions, most fresh fish lasts only seven to 12 days. But it frequently takes as long as seven days for fish to make the journey from the fisherman's net to the supermarket, where...
...more diverting than the principals. An eloquent beggar child turns out to be a 40- year-old dwarf, his growth stunted "with stories, with truth, with warnings and predictions." Everyone else in Green Shadows has a similar penchant for the exaggerated anecdote ("Getting to the point," observes one, "could spoil the drink and ruin the day"). Bradbury has a musician's ear, and he makes their boozy exchanges as bright and merry as coins clinking on the bar of a pub. Even the teetotaling George Bernard Shaw has a memorable walk-on, defining the people around him: "The Irish. From...
...those who are taking Reed's wild stories seriously seem to have asked why Clinton, a vocal critic of U.S. aid to the contras who even then was considering running for President, would have done risky favors for the Reagan Administration. But then again, answering that question would spoil...