Links for 2008-10-10. Sarah Palin and Newsweek. | Weirdest words from the OED.
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"Andrea Tantaros, a Republican media consultant, described the picture as "mortifying."
"This cover is a clear slap in the face of Sarah Palin," she told US television. "Why? Because it's unretouched. It highlights every imperfection that every human being has. We're talking unwanted facial hair, pores, wrinkles."" This needs a voice-over from Apocalypse Now. It is far more important than her fit to the political office for which she is a candidate. Get those priorities straight – insist on a Vaseline lens and the right to have your image re-touched.
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Some of these are interesting for the implied social history and others for their aptness or the fact that they fill a niche. "Acnestis (n.) The point of the back that lies between the shoulders and the lower back, which cannot be reached to be scratched." "Grimthorpe (v.) To restore or renovate an ancient building with excessive spending rather than with skill."
