Word: venting
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...incredibly unjust. After all, it is a strange double standard when Eminem can rap about decapitating his wife or stabbing someone in the head if they are a "fag or a lez," no? MTV's cowardly ban on the video proves Madonna's point: The batterer gets to vent, but a girl who fights back will not only be categorically silenced, but also completely ignored...
...Schoolsnet, parents can access statistics on British schools, such as average test scores, while students can find anything from review notes on Ted Hughes' poetry to results of school rugby matches. And teachers can vent; one message board is titled, "Let's be honest - kids are awful...
...such are the vagaries of globalization. Fast-food franchises are the Marines of globalization, always establishing the first beachhead in previously closed economies. And that means they're also accustomed to taking a lot of fire. A crowd of Cairo students looking to vent its rage against U.S. support for Israel won't get within a mile of Washington's heavily fortified embassy, but it won't have much trouble finding an American fast-food outlet - as KFC discovered to its detriment last month. And with some 39 McDonald's outlets now operating in Egypt, it's hardly surprising that...
...hear his critics go crazy on him, a steam vent in hell would be too nice a place for Ralph Nader to pay penance if Al Gore ends up losing to George W. Bush. One by one, Democrats and activists eagerly lined up for batting practice last week on the rumpled old consumer advocate and Green Party nominee...
...know there's not much point arguing with a party spurned. Scapegoating is, after all, so much easier than thinking. But, dear disappointed Dems, why not vent your rage on, for example, the union guys who voted for Bush because of his easygoing attitude toward firearms? (Oh, yes, I forgot, they're armed.) And before beating up on the Democratic defectors to Nader, wouldn't it be a good idea to pause for a little numerical perspective? According to exit polls, Gore lost 11% of Democratic voters to Bush, compared to only 2% to Nader, who also drew votes from...