Word: stomachic
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...Amid the disorder, it's not surprising that the road to democracy is proving stomach-churning. Even before it was scheduled to begin, the national conference was plagued by infighting and irregularities. A seven-party caucus in Baghdad last weekend to choose delegates to the conference was scuttled after the ballot box was found to be stuffed with patently false photocopied ballots. Six of the parties called for an investigation; the seventh stalked out, effectively invalidating the entire vote. Meanwhile, in an attempt to halt a process they feel unfairly benefits the Shi'ites and the Kurds, many from...
...next day, Emerson called and offered her two tickets to Wednesday evening’s session of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, highlighted by a speech from none other than John Edwards. Frommer brought along roommate Alexandra C. Stanek ’07, both sporting tight, stomach-bearing versions of the shirt...
They are probably right. I would have to be pretty dumb to come back to a country where the in-your-face disparity between the rich and the poor makes my stomach turn. The income gap here is not any wider than that of many developed countries, including the United States. But when there’s no middle class in a country of only 4 million people in an area the size of the state of Delaware, the contrast between rich and poor is appalling. Just 10 minutes outside Beirut in the Palestinian camps or the Shiite suburbs...
...which seems to involve a lot of submission holds and smeared blood, may surpass both frat-house hazing and Mel Gibson films as the world's most homoerotic event. And while the hooting crowd is clearly loving it, my front-row seats are reminding me just how weak my stomach...
...Tuesday, not long before my stomach gives out, MGM's Tabu still has men dancing competitively on tabletops to impress women, like some '80s John Travolta movie someone forgot to make. "The clubs are now carrying Vegas," says Cy Waits, the bar's VIP manager. "The casinos want us to bring in quality. Young people are more reckless with their money." Along with clubs, arenas and music venues have sprouted up in the hotels, replacing the crooners with major pop and hip-hop acts. "For years people thought it was where acts go to retire," says Russell Jones, general manager...