| Once they reach the house, however, it's back to normal as Charlie all but smothers his boss in wallpaper paste and leaves the house in ruins. |
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| And he says there is a pending ecological disaster as the weed smothers river life. |
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| Oh, and halon was banned for environmental reasons, not because it smothers people. |
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| You could go the government route and rationalize that the child is eating his vegetables when he smothers his tater tots in a puddle of ketchup. |
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| It spreads and strengthens and multiplies until it smothers anything trying to stifle it. |
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| It is shady, screened from view by rhododendrons., hydrangeas and tall ferns, with a groundcover of sweet woodruff that smothers all weeds. |
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| A boss who smothers his people under criticism is weakening his own position. |
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| Indeed, so richly accoutred is the character, and so attentive to nuance is Penn's every move, that Cheyenne smothers the film. |
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| Morris smothers the ball brilliantly and holds Boyd as reinforcements bump Boyd over the sideline. |
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| In some, the mother inadvertently smothers the children with her abundant caresses. |
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| Oil smothers mite eggs and scales but reduces pear psylla by repelling females from laying eggs. |
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| Intermat, a Greek supplier of concealment materials to defence contractors including British Aerospace, Lockheed Martin and Thales, produces a foam coating that also smothers heat signatures. |
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| It also smothers social and economic potential. |
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| Adding neodymium atoms smothers some of the iron's magnetic strength but greatly improves its ability to resist demagnetization. |
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| Contaminate me, but not with the smoke that smothers the air. |
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| He smothers himself with sunscreen when he ventures out into moderate sunlight. Mr McCain's age makes his choice of running-mate particularly important. |
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| This product, which is sold at garden centres, smothers insects. Shrubs and trees, including fruit trees and evergreens, can be treated with dormant oil. |
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| For example, as new roads and housing developments spring up on the hillside, rain washes loose red earth into the sea where it settles and smothers seagrass beds and coral reefs. |
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| When the sand erodes, as it almost certainly will, it smothers spawning areas for smallmouth bass and other fish, buries mayflies in their burrows, and covers the vegetation where frogs and toads lay their eggs. |
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| That growth smothers young coral and probably, though Dr Ruppert cannot prove it in this particular case, makes it harder for reefs to recover from cyclones and bleaching. |
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| The bag also smothers post-blast fires thanks to its zip-up seal and a coating that restricts airflow. Novel materials can also protect people more directly from fire. |
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| Tommy Smothers had first encountered the band on a trip to London, and became their friend as well as a fan. |
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| The film included footage of the band at Monterey, Woodstock and Pontiac, and clips from the Smothers Brothers' show and Russell Harty Plus. |
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| That evening, Smothers wore a shirt which Maurice had bought for him at the Beatles' Apple Boutique. |
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| Other performers will include the Smothers brothers and The Capitol Steps comedy teams, American Indian flutist Carlos Nakai and Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Keola Beamer. |
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