Each week, after the former political reporter has twirled self-consciously in the show's elaborate limelight, they have passed damning judgement on his efforts in what they insist with straight faces is a dancing contest, as opposed to a bit of tea-time fun and games for the whooping classes.
Despite all his talk of shooting and the gunfire that drops in and out of the tracks on NWA's LP, Ice Cube insists that Straight Outta Compton is no more likely to produce violence than a Rambo movie.
Yet Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel (director of U.S. Postal) insisted with straight faces that it wasn't used for doping; instead, they offered a confusing story in which they claimed it was used to treat road rash and also a team mechanic's diabetes.
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But proponents of Scared Straight insist it has more of an effect.
How can GOP leaders and presidential candidates continue to insist with a straight face that there's no need to restore protections for voters?
In fact, most of my friends insist on heading straight from the airport to somewhere that will serve a decadent bowl of creamy queso or beef ribs they will surely not find matched on the streets on Manhattan.
The mere thought of an Obama presidency, they insist (with a straight face, presumably), had a greater effect on the economy than anything George Bush had done, or failed to do, in the seven-plus years he'd actually been in office.
Hair: If you insist upon flat ironing your hair, give it a little curve at the bottom instead of board straight in an emo or scene style.
I've watched him teach diverse groups of children, mostly boys, and effectively insist they sit up straight, concentrate, take time to assess problems critically and learn to deal with losing.
Seen in this light, those who insist on eating grouse straight away can also be seen as radicals who might also espouse free love, European unity and the abolition of the royal family.
