Word: spoiling
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...parents don't spoil the fun, sometimes the coaches will. Bob Bradley, 41, of Chicago tried to suggest quietly to his daughter's soccer instructor that his screaming at the players during a game was inhibiting their play. "Well, you're the parent and I'm the coach," came the reply, "and I'm the one who knows how to play this game." Bradley walked away without mentioning that he had just coached the Chicago Fire to the championship of Major League Soccer...
...company, engineered by president Steve Ballmer. Myhrvold, who has occasionally written for TIME, assures us--and other Microsoft executives agree--that his leave was his own choice and that he has not been spending half his time on his own outside interests. We did not mean to spoil the joy of his well-earned leave...
...Hiss, but he was a nasty piece of work and no one likes a snitch. Even Joe McCarthy may have been on to something, but he was a crude and cruel man who ruined people's lives for 48-point type. You might call this the When Bad People Spoil Good Things school of history...
...presupposed Republican contender Texas Governor George W. Bush is elected, bad blood from his father's presidential tenure could spoil another Greenspan term...
...should note that the soundtrack apparently has huge spoilers in the track listing; that is, the titles of the tracks give away key parts of the plot. I say apparently because I have avoided them assiduously, and listing them here would only, of course, tempt the reader to spoil it for him/herself as well. So while I will discuss the few pieces that won't give anything away (such as "Anakin's Theme"), you'll have to buy the soundtrack (or glance at the back in Newbury Comics) to find out what the rest...