Word: swallowable
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Furthermore, the over-ambitious dialogue places undigestible speeches in the mouths of our tiny tot protagonists. I'll buy a stunning transition from cute kid to devilspawn, but Macaulay Culkin saying "Don't fuck with me" is just a bit too much to swallow...
...clear that Powell could swallow this responsibility. He has a clear history of opposing U.S. commitments abroad, from the Gulf War to Somalia and Bosnia. His opposition appears to stem from the trauma of Vietnam; he is determined not to let an ill-advised deployment hurt the military, an institution to which, in the words of The New York Times, he has a "mystical attachment...
There are moments during Cirque du Soleil's "Saltimbanco" when the high-tech glitz of the production threatens to swallow the charm of this genuinely talented troop. "Saltimbanco" comes equipped with a live New Age band, a light show and a smoke machine that won't quit. This accumulated wattage makes some of the stagier numbers feel more like the latest Andrew Lloyd Webber extravaganza than the quirky, stylish acts for which Cirque du Soleil has won praise...
...right, so field hockey coach Sue Caples' team is still a little young, and last year wasn't so good (last place in the Ancient Eight is hard to swallow). But the team does have five seniors who played on the 1991 squad that made it all the way to the NCAA's. Maybe...just maybe...
...Court in recent years has scaled back the ability of convicts to appeal, and liberals in Congress have tried to restore those rights through legislation. Clinton's point man, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Joseph Biden, spent much of last winter working on finding a compromise that both sides could swallow. Under the new bill, an inmate would be limited to one habeas petition after all other appeals have been exhausted and would have to file it within six months of his final state appeal...