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...miss the mark. His overzealous defense of the pig as an animal worthy of plate space, for example, is not witty and charming, but absurd and disturbing: “You’d roll around in the first effluent you came across [too] if I ripped out your sweat glands and you had no other means of cooling down.” The mockery of his vegetarian wife, Susana, is also largely devoid of the playfulness he needs to pull it off.There is something instinctively appealing about Barlow’s determination to eat the whole pig. It speaks...
...From Raising Steaks, on rodeos: "With indoor rodeos, what you first notice is the smell, a combination of dirt, dung, hay, sweat, boredom, excitement, and fear. What you notice second are red, white, and blue flags in every shape and size hung like laundry...At the Pike's Peak Rodeo in Colorado Springs in August 2004, an Air Force general opens the show with 'Our boys over there are lassoing terrorists, they're riding herd, so let's RODEO!' The audience cheers. The emcee announces that Julia Child died today and that her favorite meal was 'Read meat...
...Turks used to living in a boom, it's quite a change. But they've been through hard times before - much harder times, and not all that long ago. As Ümit Boyner says, "We have a saying here: "If you go into the hammam, you have to sweat." If a downturn at home is the price of greater integration into the world economy, so be it - as long as it doesn't last too long. - with reporting by Pelin Turgut / Istanbul
...starters, many Florida Republicans grouse privately, McCain's national campaign could start listening to current state GOP leaders. The last time Beltway Republicans really had to break a sweat in Florida was during the fierce 2000 recount battle, and many have come to take the state for granted since then - assuming, for instance, that their previously superior ground game will once again prove decisive. One result is that they may not be lending enough of an ear to people like McCain's Florida campaign director, Arlene DiBenigno, another top Crist aide, who can counsel them on Florida's new political...
...gaining fame and acclaim along the way. On “Appeal to Reason,” Rise Against is in a constant state of urgency. The single “Re-Education (Through Labor)” makes a promise to those in charge: “We sweat all day long for you / But we sow seeds to see us through… / We wait to reap what we are due.” On “Hero of War,” Rise Against goes acoustic with a first-person account of a remorseful soldier...