Word: wrung
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...cottage industry of Buckleyana has bloomed to fill the void: Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk (1998), a two-disc set wrung from the Grace follow-up sessions; Mystery White Boy (2000), a live album; a five-CD Grace EPs boxed set of foreign releases (2002); a CD of loose ends titled Songs to No One 1991-1992 (2002); a two-disc Live at Sin-é DVD of coffeehouse footage (2003); and, just in August, the 10th anniversary Grace: Legacy Edition, featuring the original album, a B-sides disc and yet another DVD. (A Buckley documentary, Amazing Grace, is currently...
Naturally, most of the anxiety in Athens was directed at, and emanated from, the U.S. Even though terrorism fears dissipated, many American spectators wrung their hands over just how representatives of the world's lone superpower should comport themselves. When can we cheer? Are we cheering too much? Too little? Should I leave the GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. fanny pack at the hotel? It didn't help that a presumed ally, the Iraqi soccer team, was less than grateful during its surprising run to the bronze-medal game (the team ultimately finished fourth). The Bush campaign used the Iraqi team...
...done a noble job of justifying Ibsen’s occasionally infuriating text—a text which smugly chides us for thinking that it could end in joy. Donahue’s choices are original and appropriate, and he’s wrung fine work from the bulk of his cast and crew. I couldn’t say that Hedda Gabler’s a must-see during these final high-intensity weeks of class, but it’s not a play to turn down, either; this cast and crew is worth encouraging...
...proud of everyone,” Wilkins said. “It’s so tough by the end of the season—you’re just wrung out. You just want to put down your racket. It’s hard to pick it up and play, and the girl with the most energy and fire is going to be the one standing with a smile on her face...
...would deal with a troublesome labor leader like John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. Without missing a beat, Madame Chiang passed her hand across her throat. Eleanor Roosevelt later said: "Those delicate, little petal-like fingers?you could see some poor wretch's neck being wrung...