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skewer Chess a tactical manoeuvre in which an attacked man is made to move and expose another man to capture How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Underneath its push-pull battle between Queen Elizabeth's out-of-time, stiff-upper-lip old guard attitude and Tony Blair's misty-eyed emotiveness, ``The Queen'' is a smart and tough-minded skewering of the House of Windsor as well as an examination of the primacy of image over substance. Whitcomb is unfailingly insightful, whether contrasting twenty-first-century teenagers' mores and means of communication--mosily shrugs and thoughtless profanity--with Helen and James's old-fashioned speech and courtship, or skewering the oppressive sterility and hypocrisy of Jenny's household. IF I CAN ASK ONE TEENY-TINY QUESTION WITH MY REMAINING TIME--D-D-DO YOU STILL FAVOR INDISCRIMINANTLY SKEWERING PEOPLE ON SPIKES AND SUCKING THEIR BLOCK THROUGH TINY NECK HOLES? |
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