Word: tamed
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...appeared drunk and incapable on TV, broke the hearts of many a woman who thought she could tame him, was jailed for head-butting a policeman who dared to breathalyze him. Yet somehow, he was forgiven by anyone who saw him play. I count myself lucky to have been among them. It is sad that he has gone. Yet somehow the idea of an old George Best never seemed right. He was born to play soccer, and probably, because of those demons, born to die too soon...
During the past year, under the leadership of Kathryn A. Tiskus ’06, the Salient began to move away from the edge it had under Pappin. Most of the parodies decorating the back cover were tame, gently mocking the magazine itself...
...people when suddenly this girl pipes up and says, “What do you get when you cross a pirate and a pedophile?” “Aaaaarrrr-Kelly,” she shouted while snorting hot coffee out of her nose. I had to tame the urge to toss my mad small orange juice in her face. I am a fan who has worn his respect for R. Kelly on the extra-long sleeve of his extra-long white tee since the days of Space Jam. When the R. controversy spiraled out of control around...
Travia calls it the “social norms” marketing campaign—a branch of the national program of the same name (the National Social Norms Resource Center) that has been administered in universities across the country. This new effort in the battle to tame dangerous drinking habits is based on the idea that most college students overestimate how often, and how much, their peers actually drink. If students knew the facts, Travia says, they would feel less pressure to engage in risky behaviors...
...federal oil revenues to pay for coastal restoration, an idea also proposed by Louisiana's two Senators, one a Republican and the other a Democrat. They are not without supporters. Even the Army Corps of Engineers, which spent so much of its history trying to tame Mother Nature, has changed its tune and become a proactive steward of the Mississippi watershed...