Max Hill QC, explained the force's reasoning, saying: "Those engaged in investigations into terrorist activities recognise that there is a sad but true fact of life which is that material, often distressing, showing the moments of immediate impact of events such as those of 7 July, is abused by others, for want of a better phrase, as propaganda for their own purposes".
The British have a much better phrase for it: effects-based operations". But it is shock and awe that television and newspaper coverage of the war has adopted unanimously to describe the unprecedentedly heavy aerial bombardment unleashed on Baghdad, and other cities in northern Baghdad, from Friday and intermittently over the weekend.
(Thank you, Kellyanne Conway, for a far better phrase for the endless blither than any writer could ever come up with!!).
When there are kids in the show, the challenge is to find a way, for lack of a better phrase, to "Shrek it" -- or look for ways to pepper in some inappropriate material for the adults that will go over the kids' heads.
When that happens, we will identify less with the self-centered, selfish side that wreaks havoc in the world, and more with our innate altruistic side that, for lack of a better phrase, makes the world a better place for us and others.
Although Howard acknowledged that his work is regarded as, "for want of a better phrase, supermarket journalism," his rag should receive credit for keeping the story alive in the public imagination, which is to say maintaining the interest that creates the insatiable demand for JonBenét's story.
"How poetry helps women tell their stories at domestic violence shelters". Not necessarily how it contributes to the "healing process," she says, searching for a better phrase, but how poetry can help people make sense of their own experiences.
He was a--for lack of a better phrase, Abu Zubaydah was a lost soul.
Apple, your chargers leave us little to no wiggle room for rough handling, for lack of a better phrase.
