Word: broaching
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...called out depths as the sub ascended. "One-zero-zero feet ... nine-five feet." "Push the wheel forward so the sub begins leveling out," he whispered to me. The planes now had to move in the opposite direction to slow the ascent so the sub didn't overshoot and broach the surface. I pushed. "Scope's breaking," announced the lieutenant, his face pressed to the periscope eyepiece as its lens above sprouted from the water. He swiveled around with the periscope pasted to his face. "No close contacts," he finally said. The crew in control always let out a sigh...
...called out depths as the sub ascended. "One-zero-zero feet...nine-five feet." "Push the wheel forward so the sub begins leveling out," he whispered to me. The planes now had to move in the opposite direction to slow the ascent so the sub didn't overshoot and broach the surface. I pushed. "Scope's breaking," announced the lieutenant, his face pressed to the periscope eyepiece as its lens above sprouted from the water. He swiveled around with the periscope pasted to his face. "No close contacts," he finally said. The crew in control always let out a sigh...
...Ashcroft insists that he "cannot imagine starting a meeting with this question," and various aides involved in hiring say they never heard Ashcroft broach the topic of sexual orientation during job interviews. Not that it would have mattered legally at the time - such an inquiry is not against the law in Missouri, which does not prohibit hiring discrimination on the basis on sexual orientation...
...alongside heroin and methamphetamine as a "drug of concern." Meanwhile, the lack of serious national debate surrounding the use of marijuana has left the country?s attitudes stagnant, with a knee-jerk reaction to the mere mention of any "illegal" drug meaning political estrangement for any politician willing to broach the topic...
Some of fmis best friends have come up to fm in recent weeks to broach the topic of the magis sincerity: is fm trying to be a real magazine, or are we just fucking kidding? Believe it or not, this is a matter to which fm has itself devoted a good bit of thought when contemplating its collective oomphalos while sitting on the collective can. In point of fact, last Thursday, when discussing the hot prospects for issue 4 and otherwise, there was almost a throwdown amongst fmis editors et alia, prompted solely by consideration of the question, consideration...