Word: straightened
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world like perfume on shit with a fake smile and a false sense of security." Souljah envisions herself as a big sister, offering the guidance she asserts is so lacking for today's inner-city youth. Although occasionally didactic--most notably in the book's conclusion "Listen Up! (Straighten It Out)"--Souljah's passionate delivery and obvious identification with her stated audience save her from condescension...
...only dignified response for Hillary Clinton or any woman similarly maligned is to stand up, straighten her spine and unflinchingly embrace the epithet. In the matter of insult taming, we have some exemplary role models. Gay militants now proudly call themselves "queer." Black rappers appropriated "bad"and even "nigger." If you want to de-fang an insult, you happily claim it as your...
...acts, there is little continuity between the first half and the second half. Not only does Carol look different in the second act, she is different. The woman who pressed charges against John is not the same as the one who crept into his office sheepishly hoping to straighten out her grade. Apparently, women who press sexual harassment charges are chameleons constantly changing color. The second half of "Oleanna" is a non sequitur. It is impossible to comprehend how the first act resulted in the second...
...linesman flagged [somebody else] for offsides, which was impossible because the goal went straight in off of a shot," Marcotullio said. "Fortunately, the referee went over to him, and they had a conference to straighten...
...fumbling of the council has led concerned students (all three of them) to demand change, Change, CHANGE! University elders have even threatened to intervene to straighten the teetering student government. Suffice it to say that it's been an Excedrin year for the council...