Word: stinks
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...most of that period. It was only under Blair that the party managed to reclaim most of the middle ground issues, leaving the Tories little to campaign on. And the pendulum has swung in the society away from the Thatcherite virtues of individuality and self-reliance. The trains stink and public services are in decline, and Britons are prepared to pay to improve them - not as much as other Europeans, perhaps, but they still want these things to be fixed by government. And the Tories are not well suited to present themselves as the party that will save the National...
...vote and proclaimed himself a good Democrat—and then we find out that he himself never voted? Check out www.thesmokinggun.com for the proof…If I see the Pearl Harbor trailer one more time, I’m going to send Gwyneth Paltrow a stink bomb. (Yes, yes, a total non-sequitur figuring that Gwyneth isn’t in Pearl Harbor, but a) wouldn’t it be just like her to be in a movie like it? and b) doesn’t Gwyneth deserve a stink bomb in the mail anyway...
...hate to break it to the supposed premier educational institution of the world, but many Harvard teachers just plain stink. The problem is especially acute in the sciences, where faculty members are almost exclusively recruited for their research prowess, with little regard for teaching credentials. Thus, while almost no one would doubt that the scientific expertise of our faculty is first-rate, the ability to teach—to impart information quickly, effectively, lucidly and entertainingly—by no means correlates with this zeal for research. The result is a faculty that spans the entire gambit of teaching quality...
These are not numbers that warm the CEOs hearts--their stock prices at all-time lows, minuscule earnings and only a smidgen of the population as customers. So why are executives at handheld-computer makers Palm and Handspring smiling? Because even though profits stink and "high tech" is practically a disease on Wall Street, sales are booming at both companies. Someday, they hope, their profits will...
...four days since 118 children, women and men?Madurese refugees huddled together and promised safe passage?were systematically butchered on the high-school playing field in Parenggean, a logging town deep in central Kalimantan. Those rains weren't cleansing enough: in the still of a tropical afternoon, the sweet stink of putrescence hangs in the air like the unquiet spirits of those murdered here...