| 单词 | hot potato |
| 例句 | I get mad and throw a hot potato fit. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It’s like a hot potato that I’ve been holding on to for days. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I caught it bare-handed, then dropped it like a hot potato. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She would go home, she would make hot potato soup for the three of them, and then she would take out her new pencils and draw. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He let go of the weapon like a hot potato. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I would slide right over the reporter’s question to drop into his lap a logical-extension hot potato for him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The carpenter took apart the wheelhouse from the ship and rebuilt it at Ocean Camp for a galley, and the larger “hot potato can,” as the stove was called, was installed inside. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He dropped Fadi like a hot potato and grabbed his leg. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to tell her about that “Getting to Know You” paper dropped onto Mrs. Willibey’s desk like a hot potato or about Howard being my Backpack Buddy, so I just said, “Nothing.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z His break came in 80 bc, when he took on a hot potato of a case that had been turned down by bigger names. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Seriously. Your screaming and yelling slowed your mother down. Gave her time to figure out why you were acting like you had hot potatoes in your pants.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z In a new galley made by wrapping canvas around four oars stuck upright in the snow, Green kept the hot potato can stoked. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z In my pocket is a hot potato I took from dinner to warm my hands. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She sucked a glob of hot potato from her finger, chasing it with another sip from her wine. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She didn’t even look at me before she marched back up to the front of the room and dropped that paper on her desk like it was a hot potato. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The hot potatoes will absorb the liquid and become properly seasoned as they cool. Here’s how to make the best potato salads this summer 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Once the two women land in Morocco, the sinister game of shedding identities begins and Maud and Florence begin tossing their passports back and forth like hot potatoes . . . or hand grenades. Review | ‘Who is Maud Dixon?’ In this inventive thriller, you’ll be turning the pages to find out 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z “More hot potatoes?” one asked kindly, after customers finished a second helping. Sarah Larson: A Charming Rooftop Garden, at Gallow Green 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z It will be like the game of hot potato — after two hours one author will get up and hand off whatever they've written to the next. 36 authors to write one novel together in Seattle 2010-09-24T23:25:00Z These are the kinds of guys who are handed hot potatoes because they’ll do whatever they’re told in order to get rid of them. 'True Detective' Recap: Some Bounce Back, Others Descend 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z It's also a regressive approach similar to the hot potato tossing seen in very special episodes of 1980s and 1990s TV where reproductive choices were acknowledged but never discussed in detail. "And Just Like That" isn't brave enough to let Lisa Todd Wexley have a real choice with motherhood 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z In the years since it was first seen, the piece has been a political hot potato for its perceived sympathy for the Palestinian terrorist characters. Metropolitan Opera cancels 'Klinghoffer' cinema broadcasts 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z “They were very disappointed with that, and they kind of dropped me like a hot potato,” Mr. Moncur told All About Jazz. Grachan Moncur III, Trombonist Whose Star Shone Briefly, Dies at 85 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z But first they lost their survivors because involuntary quarantine is such a political hot potato. 'The Strain' recap: So many worms, so little time 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z So it's still a little bit like we're the ones holding the hot potato of the Trump administration. What a skeptic learned from consulting psychics — and astrologers, tarot readers, empaths and more 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z “It’s an amazing swap of emotions, from composer to singer, from singer to audience, like a hot potato of life,” he added. Rufus Wainwright’s First Opera Was ‘a Nightmare.’ He’s Trying Again. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Grab a fork and dip the hot potatoes in both sauces for the optimal experience. How to Make the Most of Potatoes 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z More manipulations ensue like a game of blackmail hot potato, culminating when Kimberly blows up the entire apartment complex and maims a whole bunch of hot people. ‘Comfort Viewing’: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Melrose Place’ 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z After a few weeks in limbo, this hot potato landed at ReelzChannel, where the first two episodes premiere Sunday at 8 p.m. 'The Kennedys' paints a flattering portrait 2011-03-31T11:15:09Z The disparity in arts funding between London and the rest of England is another current hot potato. King Lear gets a Yorkshire accent 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “Not all heroes wear capes,” Toppers captioned the footage, along with the hashtags “hot potato master” “cool as a cucumber” and “toppers pizza.” Employee called 'hero' after saving hot pizza from falling on the floor 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Maroon 5 is a generically inoffensive kind of band whose passionate fans aren’t likely to turn against them for volunteering to be the topping on a political hot potato. Super Bowl in the age of anxiety: Maroon 5's boring halftime show was a symptom, not the disease 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z "I hope trans models are not just a trend, to be dropped like a hot potato next season." Transgenders break into Brazil's modeling sector 2012-12-06T11:01:05Z No, they don’t, but that proverbial game of hot potato on the ramp sure looks like fun — and it keeps luggage manufacturers in business. Perspective | Unpacking travelers’ frequently asked questions about flying with luggage 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z I’m afraid my answer may be disappointing or just not good, because the past year I’ve abandoned dozens of books as if they were radioactive hot potatoes. How Jeff VanderMeer Prevents Writer’s Block 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Sometimes it’s a game of hot potato — please don’t make me review another “Ant-Man” — but generally we follow the time-tested preschool principles of taking turns and playing fair. And Now Let’s Review … 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z And this is just making official what started with a bunch of Gen-Xers playing hot potato with their grannies’ china sets. Oh, for keepsakes! What to do with Grandma’s china? 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z In the end, the Academy ended up backing – a middle option between the tub-thumping patriotism of Lincoln and the hot potato juggling of Zero Dark Thirty. Oscars 2013: Argo wins best picture, but Life of Pi helps upset Lincoln's ship 2013-02-25T05:02:00Z I was dropped like a hot potato, and I was hurt.” David LaChapelle: An Unexpected Life 2011-05-27T19:05:28Z It’s a clever campus comedy that juggles a handful of hot potatoes — race, sex, privilege, power — with elegant agility and only an occasional fumble. ‘Dear White People,’ About Racial Hypocrisy at a College 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z That question has become a 21st-century hot potato, fiercely contested everywhere from scholarly panels to Broadway to the White House. A Fresh Look at a Pioneering Black Voice of Revolutionary America 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Cuban is betting the hot potato issue will draw viewers to "FrackNation" on his cable channel. Insight: In fracking culture war, celebs, billionaires and banjos 2012-12-24T05:03:19Z But that decision turned the film into a hot potato. Remake of cold-war film 'Red Dawn' coming soon 2011-09-28T14:23:54Z Multicolored African wraps contrasted with T-shirt prints that humorously celebrated African multicultural cult in France, a political hot potato with the growing popularity of Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front. Lanvin men's designer celebrates 10 years at storied house 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Music-wise, there will be a parody of the Survivor song Eye of the Tiger - entitled Eye of the Potato - in which Telly trains Elmo to become a hot potato champion. Berry to guest on Sesame Street 2012-08-08T15:43:46Z Channel 4 will also be tackling a "political hot potato" in I Want A Council House, which will "document the reality of life" for people on the waiting list for social housing. Channel 4 to air 'jet black' police drama by Shameless creator 2013-05-14T16:10:37Z The film’s witch is a vessel for the characters’ fears and desires, but Thomasin’s femininity is the hot potato. The Witch: ‘Good horror is taking a look at what’s dark in humanity’ 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z "We faced a problem that you face in the press: that of the 'hot potato'," he said. Nicolas Sarkozy biopic provides unwelcome platform 2011-04-01T20:31:54Z “I don’t think it will happen. This is a hot potato.” Mercosur splits dampen EU outlook for trade deal as window narrows 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Now she is being entrusted with a true political hot potato. Claire Coutinho: Who is the new energy secretary? 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Migration has long been a political hot potato within the bloc, hampering joint decisions by its 27 member states. Italy's president calls for more legal migration to beat people trafficking 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Greece’s foreign ministry made a ham-handed bid to get rid of the hot potato by sneaking Ocalan out of the country and trying to hide him in the Greek Embassy in Kenya. Theodoros Pangalos, outspoken Greek former foreign minister, dies at 84 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Untangling this game of three-dimensional legal hot potato will require extensive, expensive investigations. After an $800,000 yacht pileup in the Ballard Locks, a fleet of lawyers arrives 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z That takes the heat out of a political hot potato for Kim McGuinness, who is running to be the mayor of the North East for Labour, but currently serves as the PCC for Northumbria. Power struggle over who should watch over police in England and Wales 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Maher said that over the past month negotiations have become a game of hot potato, with sellers and buyers both asking the other to cover the tax. L.A.’s luxury real estate market freezes, putting 'mansion tax' funds in limbo 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z However, Ms Jones accepted there are opponents to the tax, describing it as a "hot potato" in tourism. Wales tourism: Plans for tax move a step closer 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z "The 'Floor Masters' were much more about athleticism and speed and power, and when I saw them battle, I dropped the 'Rock Steady Crew' like a hot potato." From street truce to Olympic battles - breaking's 40-year odyssey 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z But determining the level at which refinery profits should be penalized became a political hot potato in Sacramento. Newsom gives up call for lawmakers to cap oil industry profits 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z He and his colleagues also noticed that doctors at smaller hospitals, who had far less support, seemed to be treating complex cases as hot potatoes and sending them to Vanderbilt. Doctors warned her pregnancy could kill her. Then Tennessee outlawed abortion 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Legal experts say they see signs that the Supreme Court will try to back away from a hot potato case that poses big questions about who gets final say over state elections laws. High court’s elections case on independent state legislature theory could ‘fall off the docket’ 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Figuring out what “woman” means became a political hot potato last year after now-Justice Jackson said at her confirmation hearing that she couldn’t provide a definition. Kansas kicks off push to define ‘woman,’ as red states seek to shield single-sex spaces 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The fish butter will last for up to a week in the fridge, ready to be slathered on hot potatoes as well as toast, hot rice or pasta, steamed vegetables, jammy eggs, and so on. Fill your baked potato with smoky fish butter for a superior spud 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Rory McIlroy says the world number one ranking has been passed around "like a hot potato" as he looks to regain top spot at the Genesis Invitational. McIlroy says world number one like a 'hot potato' 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Migration has for years been a political hot potato in Europe, with governments resorting to increasingly hard-line policies to try to stem the inflow of migrants and asylum-seekers from North Africa and the Middle East. Pope: migrant deaths 'unacceptable and almost always avoidable' 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z This way, Mosqueda says, the employees are not being moved around “like a hot potato” before an interdepartmental task force makes a decision next year on which department should permanently house the team. Seattle budget amendments make few big adds, challenge Harrell’s public safety plans 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z First baseman Rhys Hoskins — who often fields the position with the ease of kids playing a game of hot potato — could hit the trade market. Phillies try to show run to World Series was just a start 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The move has made potential new developments such as Cambo, an oil field west of Shetland thought to contain 800 million barrels of oil, political hot potatoes. COP27: Is Scotland still leading the way on climate change? 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The doctors made fun of Sal’s tomes and took bets on who would catch the hot potato next month and be expected to wade through his thousands of pages in 30 minutes. Lessons From a ‘Difficult Patient’ 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z His youth is occasionally apparent on the field, like when he challenges his players to games of hot potato or when he celebrates their big plays with phrases like “You’re him!” or “Got ’em!” For Drew Terrell, coaching WRs goes hand-in-hand with teaching about life 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z “It’s because any judge would know it’s a political hot potato.” How agents get warrants like the one used at Mar-a-Lago, and what they mean 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Arrange the potatoes on the prepared sheet and, using the bottom of a water glass so you don’t touch the hot potatoes with your hands, flatten the potatoes. Perspective | These crispy smashed potatoes helped me crack the TikTok code 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Transfer hot potatoes and charred scallions to bowl with tahini dressing. A Creamy, Vegan Potato Salad You Can Linger Over 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z He said they become "a hot potato" and if a local authority takes ownership to scrap, they must foot the bill, with them being "a headache in any harbour space". Boats: Call for rules to stop old vessels being dumped 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Police violence has also become a political hot potato recently after a fatal police shooting in Paris. Why France’s parliamentary elections are important to Macron 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Senator Brad Hoylman, who introduced the childhood Covid vaccine bill into the Senate last October, said his bill was such a hot potato it had not even been assigned a formal bill number. Why a Covid Vaccine Mandate for N.Y.C. Schoolchildren Is Unlikely Soon 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z But in India, the issue is a political hot potato. Polygamy: Muslim women in India fight 'abhorrent' practice 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, the city of L.A. dropped, like the very hot potato it was, a policy that new libraries would be named for those who gave more than $1 million to build them. Getty, Bradbury, Marmont, Lummis: The people behind the famous L.A. buildings 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z I always kind of compared it to a game of hot potato. Inside the 'absurdist' 'concept album' that is 'Atlanta' Season 3 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The U.S. government threw Poland a hot potato with a request to send Soviet-made fighter jets — which Ukrainian pilots are trained to fly — to Ukraine. MiGs for Ukraine: Who will send them — and how? 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Legislation is tossed around the state Senate and Assembly like a hot potato. California's single-payer healthcare effort is dead. Why it isn't going away 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z The leaders “prefer not to deal with hot potatoes or each other’s business when they can avoid it,” Mr. van Middelaar said. How the E.U. Allowed Hungary to Become an Illiberal Model 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z “They are very cautious with the temperature of the hot potatoes that come their way and the Western Wall is a special hot potato.” Future of prayer site in doubt under Israel’s fragile govt 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z “So I think when my adoptive parents came looking for a kid, I was kind of a hot potato.” Adoption across races: ‘I know my parents love me, but they don’t love my people’ 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z And, unsurprisingly, as soon as the invasion was underway and the "weapons of mass destruction" nonsense was no longer needed as a justification, the Bush administration dropped the pretense like a hot potato. Colin Powell's legacy: How his WMDs lie led to Donald Trump's Big Lie 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The struggling teams played hot potato with the football with a fumble, an interception and a turnover on downs in one seven-play span in the second half. What We Learned From Week 6 in the N.F.L. 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s hard to out-duel Brady when forced to treat the football like a hot potato. Can’t Find a Franchise Quarterback? Shop for the Best Antidote. 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The Democrats’ letter followed Congress leaders and the Biden administration playing a game of political hot potato with the issue. ‘Sitting on their hands’: Democrats fume over inaction by Pelosi, Schumer to extend eviction ban 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z He would have seen the hot potato hurtling toward him and put on oven mitts. Opinion | Past presidents left a mess in Afghanistan — but Biden owns the current calamity 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z In California, a universal mask mandate for schools quickly became a political hot potato. CDC recommends masks indoors in U.S. where cases are surging 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Now, President Biden’s Justice Department is managing the extradition case, and it remains a political hot potato. Opinion | A criminal case against a Huawei executive poses a test for the Biden administration 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z “Nobody was willing to grab this hot potato,” Professor Tian said. Crossing the Red Line: Behind China’s Takeover of Hong Kong 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z The fan zone issue is just the latest hot potato. Fan zone plans 'lack consistency', says opposition 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z "The patient is like a hot potato," Dailey told Capital & Main. Replace the police: new response strategies for mental health crisis calls 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z So when the biggest hot potato of recent years — the insurrection of Jan. 6 and Trump’s role in instigating it — landed in Facebook’s lap, company executives quickly tossed it to the new board. Oversight Board doesn’t let Facebook off the hook 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z “They called and said, ‘Why are you putting this hot potato on the agenda?’” Israeli Officials Had a Plan to Prevent Tragedy at Mt. Meron. It Was Ignored. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Levy told Kan, Israel’s public radio, that the public security minister at the time told him he was afraid to touch the site and that it was a “hot potato.” Deadly Stampede at Israeli Religious Festival Followed Years of Warnings 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z “If you thought masks were a hot potato,” he said, “wait for this one.” California encourages venues to require vaccine 'passports’ — just don't call them that 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Pour the mojo sauce over the hot potatoes. A pernil-style pork tenderloin that conjures the smells of a Puerto Rican kitchen 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Once a political hot potato, the label “reparations” suddenly is being applied to a variety of acts of individual and community atonement. Opinion | Evanston, Ill., approved ‘reparations.’ Except it isn’t reparations. 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z The key, Bausch says, is to “not just treat survivors as some hot potato risk of starting another outbreak.” New Ebola outbreak likely sparked by a person infected 5 years ago 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Investors dropped their sovereign bond holdings like a hot potato as all new piece of data pointed at improvement in economic conditions and called for rising inflation. Markets slide as bond selloff spooks investors – business live 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z That’s how the hot potato ended up in the Supreme Court’s lap. Column: The Supreme Court Obamacare case centers on technicalities, but much more is at stake 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z When many questioned its prudence before an election, they then tried to hand off the president’s $8 billion hot potato. Trump Promised Seniors Drug Discount Cards. They May Be Illegal. 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z A second former officer said enlisting the military to surveil demonstrators is a perennial “hot potato” among Guard leaders, and it was “idiotic” to send the RC-26B to El Dorado Hills. Spy plane was sent to monitor George Floyd protest near home of California National Guard's head 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z I either placed it in front of their door like a hotel bellhop or quickly passed it to them like it was a hot potato. VIRUS DIARY: She has her cake, but others can’t eat it, too 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z I either placed it in front of their door like a hotel bellhop or quickly passed it to them like it was a hot potato. VIRUS DIARY: She has her cake, but others can’t eat it, too 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z “It’s kind of a hot potato too because the climate profession is sort of political now so some people don’t want to touch it,” he believes. What it takes to verify the hottest temperatures on Earth 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The last quarter of the Bush presidency, the Obama administration after 2010 and almost the whole Trump era have been dominated by these games of political hot potato. Trump edicts put pressure on Pelosi, not Senate GOP 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z The effort devolved into a cross between alphabet soup and a game of hot potato. Lack of study and oversight raises concerns about tear gas 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z In my opinion, that plan needs bipartisan support, to ensure it doesn’t just turn into a hot potato as administrations change. What can you do to fight the climate crisis? 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Focused more on clandestine operations, the spy agencies were anxious to keep their distance from political campaigns, regarding them as a “hot potato,” the report said. ‘No One’ Protected British Democracy From Russia, U.K. Report Concludes 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z It’s time for Minnesota leaders to finally grab that hot potato and mandate what the CDC recommends: masks for everyone in indoor public spaces. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z A waiver is like a contractual hot potato — you're passing a legal risk to someone else without really addressing the underlying danger. Why the Trump campaign is asking people to sign COVID-19 waivers 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z In many places nationwide, needle exchanges are “a political hot potato,” Jenkins agreed, that hospitals shy away from and nonprofits struggle to secure consistent funding for. Needle exchange expanded for southern Illinois drug users 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z A more risk-averse attorney general might have let the recommendation stand and avoided a political hot potato. Opinion | I was Barr’s deputy attorney general. He did his job in the Roger Stone case. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “The hot potato is now back in UNC’s hands,” Muller said. Judge overturns UNC’s deal giving Silent Sam statue to a pro-Confederate group 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z But we still have that hot potato bouncing around, mostly to city councils. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “Officials are likely to be a bit more hesitant to report simply because they don’t want to be caught with the hot potato.” Wuhan officials face questions, anger over virus response 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z He said, in a later interview, that local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities had tossed the responsibility between themselves “like hot potato.” Citing Murder, Top Trump Official Condemns N.Y. Sanctuary Policy 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Given that desire, it is more important to know how to handle rather than dodge the political hot potatoes. Trump supporters brace for Thanksgiving dinner: ‘The hatred now is just unbelievable’ 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z In an interview with the New York Times, Dr. Coe acknowledged that the document was “a real hot potato” but proclaimed that he would “stake my professional reputation on it.” Michael Coe, influential archaeologist and Maya scholar, dies at 90 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The result has been a game of responsibility hot potato — and at times it has led to apparent contradictions. She Sued the State Over Harassment. Then the Gaslighting Began, She Said. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z “I was able to review it. It was quite something to view the document and hold it. It felt like it was a hot potato,” Ogborn said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with The Times. Michael Jackson allegedly cried when Marlon Brando confronted him about sexuality 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z This aide pointed to the “game of hot potato” between Trump and McConnell, with each insisting that the other should make the first move. Trump again appears to back away from gun background checks 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z But Apple effectively tossed executive leadership of the product around like a hot potato. Former Siri chief is leaving Apple to join Microsoft’s AI division 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The idea of committing hundreds of U.S. troops to long-term safe-zone duty on the Syrian border — much less adding hundreds more — is a political hot potato. Opinion | There’s a new opening for Trump to avoid disaster in Syria 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z It just tosses the hot potato around in a way that only makes the potato hotter and more painful to the one who catches it next. The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z So what we get is essentially a game of hot potato, with both sides passing the issues to the other, only with the music never stopping. How can we end the current impasse over transgender athletes? | Sean Ingle 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Playing hot potato with pension problems hardly qualifies as a solution. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Her publisher, Dutton, dropped her like the proverbial hot potato, giving new meaning to the term “yellow press.” Opinion | A mob is on the loose and it’s after Linda Fairstein 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z “Kids” shows life as a game of hot potato, with both leaders and followers in fragile, perilous positions, and the rest just running in circles in an effort to avoid being the center of attention. What to play: ‘Kids’ captures the anxiety and confusion of human interaction 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z “They don’t want to do a wholesale undoing,” he said, “because it’s too much of a political hot potato.” 'This is the endgame': how Trump has helped turn the tide against abortion 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z He later tweeted a picture stood by said ovens with a Victoria Sponge and said: "Amazing what you can rustle up! Maybe some more hot potatoes next! #twoovens." The politics of a kitchen photo-op 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Despite the relative success of the commemorations, it also appears that the first world war is still regarded by the government as a political hot potato. Row over bid to extend centenary events to cover Ireland and India 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z The lead was being passed around like a hot potato. Players Championship 2019: The loss will sting, but "48-year-old Jim Furyk" showed that he's still got plenty left in the tank on Sunday - Golf Digest 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The issue has become a political hot potato, fueled by China’s explicit push to achieve parity with other industrial powers in a range of advanced technologies that have both civilian and military uses. EXCLUSIVE: The first interview with Trump’s new science adviser 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z And if gaining new skills to fluff up that resumé isn’t incentive enough, who wouldn’t want to try to code their own tricked-out Jake the Dog for a custom game of hot potato? Cartoon Network, Microsoft MakeCode and Adafruit team up to create new coding projects for kids 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z “This isn’t hot potato. This is people’s lives,” the congressman tweeted. Eric Swalwell floats 25th Amendment amid chaotic government shutdown battle 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z As the clock wound down on the next 10 days, the radar would then be switched to another plane, he said, in a dangerous game of hot potato. ‘Spend the Minimum’: How Lion Air Hid Equipment Failures and Beat Regulators 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Koepka, Justin Rose and others will play hot potato with the No. 1 ranking in the upcoming months, but there’s no doubting who the best player in golf is. The reign of Koepka, golf's new Champ and something involving Tiger and Phil: 8 things you missed this fall - Golf Digest 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Even those surfaces facing away from the Sun have to be protected from the radiant heat coming up from the "hot potato" planet below. Europe and Japan take aim at Mercury 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Before politicians decided to make bathrooms a political hot potato. Perspective | Transgender at 11: ‘I. Am. A. Boy. That’s it.’ 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The issue was such a “political hot potato” that it was largely avoided in the Senate bill, he said. Trump administration pushing to ease roll-out of driverless cars and trucks 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The issue was such a "political hot potato" that it was largely avoided in the Senate bill, he said. Trump administration pushing to ease roll-out of driverless vehicles — including trucks - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z TWT: How hard has it been for you to navigate the nonprofit world on this particular issue when it’s very easily warped into a partisan hot potato? Mike Rowe’s tireless ‘knife fight’: Foundation fighting ‘war on work’ for 10 years 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Trust me, all the gobbledygook about community standards will be greatly reduced, and when Facebook is on the hook legally, Infowars will be dropped from its feed like a hot potato. Facebook and the “two-feed solution”: Social media giant can be both a “platform” and a p... 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z It is always a political hot potato and now more than ever, adding another layer of worry for already fretful farmers. 'Trade not aid': farmers urge Trump to make a deal amid Nafta uncertainty 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z “I feel like the Gates Foundation is really doing good stuff, and I think I would just hot potato it away.” In ‘Small Fry,’ Steve Jobs Comes Across as a Jerk. His Daughter Forgives Him. Should We? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The entire economy becomes a giant game of monetary “hot potato.” Opinion | Venezuela’s inflation will hit 1 million percent. Thanks, socialism. 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z But the idea is a political hot potato. Tourists are arriving faster than Japan can accommodate them 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Glanzer said little on the record about his role in the Townley-Letelier case other than the observation that “a lawyer’s job is to handle hot potatoes, and some potatoes are hotter than others.” Seymour Glanzer, an original Watergate prosecutor, dies at 91 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Curry did his usual warm-up routine on Monday, ending in a hot potato game of catch with a Warriors security man. That Warriors-Rockets Epic May Well Be Over 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The political removal of commemorative art is your classic modern hot potato. The red tops' obsession with Meghan Markle’s father is a warning of the abuse to come | Zoe Williams 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z A political hot potato is the pressure from Germany and some other countries to tie some budget allocations to respect for EU democratic values and rule of law. Will the EU cost people more than a daily coffee? 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The Sun Herald reports that the Gulf Coast Business Council’s regular meeting ignited Tuesday when business people and state legislators discussed the political hot potato. BP relief debate heats up on the Mississippi coast 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Those hot potatoes will have to wait until legislators feel safer in a non-election year. Georgia editorial roundup 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z "It's been passed around like a hot potato. Everyone is avoiding it." Meet the band whose house is a hit factory 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z With huge gray oven mitts protecting their hands, they retrieved porcelain molds from what looked like a vault of fire, and passed them down the line like a game of hot potato. At the pouring of SAG's 'The Actor' statuettes, Ann Dowd and Clea DuVall geek out over the process – LA Times 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z So how to perfect your Brexit chat and navigate this political hot potato over Christmas? How to handle Brexit chat at Christmas 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Then toss the hot potatoes in a bowl with oil and salt, which encourages a starchy film to accumulate on the potatoes’ exterior. How to make crispy potatoes without frying 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z This guy abused her repeatedly for three years, and despite the evidence I collected to support this, they dropped the subject like a hot potato. Sexual Harassment Cases Show the Ineffectiveness of Going to H.R. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z He realised that these allegations were, as he put it to a friend, a “radioactive hot potato”. How Trump walked into Putin’s web 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Steele told a friend it was clear he had passed on a “radioactive hot potato”. Christopher Steele believes his dossier on Trump-Russia is 70-90% accurate 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Even the spark that drove the 2010 tea party wave — Mr. Obama’s “individual mandate” to either hold health insurance or pay a tax — is becoming a hot potato for Republicans. Health care voters reverse Republican election momentum 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z “Sometimes you’ve got to be hot potato with that thing,” Sanders said. Broncos holding out hope in face of embarrassment, injuries 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z He throws the hot potato to Congress, throws up his hands, walks away and points fingers. Trump's tough-talk on Iran could end in a big, blame-evading dodge | Joe McLean 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z But they don’t tell you the new game is hot potato with hand grenades. Perspective | After a 162-game walk in the park, the Nationals step onto MLB’s high wire 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Congress dropped its support like a hot potato, and fundraising dried up, leaving the monument looking like a broken-off tooth at a height of about 178 feet, where it sat for years. Opinion | The Washington Monument will endure 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Nobody wants to deal with this highly emotional hot potato in the middle of what was already going to be a brutal September. Steve Bannon's game of thrones: Jilted genius vows "bloody September" 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The plan essentially hands a political hot potato to congressional Republicans, who have a long history of failing to act on immigration because of divisions in the party. President Trump to Congress: 'Get Ready to Do Your Job' on Immigration 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Diners are constantly surprised by the delicious creations, from a DIY ravioli course to a hot potato that's been topped with a slice of black truffle and suspended above cold potato soup. These Are the Best Restaurants in Every State 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The practice started in 1991 in Pittsburgh as a game of ownership hot potato, when Sinclair sold its station there to an employee, Edwin Edwards, and retained ownership of a second station. How a Conservative TV Giant Is Ridding Itself of Regulation 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Mr Strange, who had been left holding the political hot potato of Mr McConnell’s endorsement, can now soothe himself with the president's endorsement. The tussle for Jeff Sessions’s senate seat 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z So when a political hot potato arrives on the chief justice’s doorstep, we should expect him to do all he can to cool it down. The Supreme Court’s curious compromise on the travel ban 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z It just became this hot potato that nobody wanted to touch. Hasan Minhaj Thinks Comedy Is for Weirdos 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z “It doesn’t fit for the authorities. They are passing it from hand-to-hand like a hot potato,” said Lev Lurie, a historian in St. Petersburg. Want to mark a revolution? Kremlin says you can count it out 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z It also imposed a heavy cost on still fragile banks, turning deposits into a hot potato that many would rather avoid so as not to pay charges to their central bank for storing them. Struggling European banks see light at end of low-rates tunnel 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z “It’s been a hot potato ever since,” he says, of estimating crowds. Estimating crowds doesn’t have to be so tricky 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z It was a kind gesture but one that kicked off a game of hot potato as the Obamas didn’t know what to do with the unexpected gift as they prepared to pose for photos. Trump brings many different personas to Washington 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The bank's fate is a political hot potato in Italy. Monte dei Paschi scrambles to thrash out last-ditch private capital increase 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Like a game of hot potato, builders, homeowners, banks, flood insurers and buyers of securitized mortgages try to hand off risky properties before getting burned. Perils of Climate Change Could Swamp Coastal Real Estate 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Share price gains and losses reversed quickly and speculators still holding these hot potatoes got burned. Colonial Pipeline’s Brief Trading Bonanza 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z This time, the Jets cashed in, but not before some hot potato with the football. NFL roundup: Eagles hand Vikings first loss; Lions, Dolphins rally in wins 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z This time, the Jets cashed in, but not before some hot potato with the football. Fitzpatrick solid in relief in Jets’ 24-16 win over Ravens 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z It is, to say the least, a political hot potato, and will probably remain that way for the foreseeable future. Airport expansion: New runways for Heathrow and Gatwick? - BBC News 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z So pass the hot potato and empty your pockets. North Carolina editorial roundup 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The custom dates back to the 1952 election and it wasn’t meant to become such a political hot potato. Intelligence Briefings for Presidential Candidates Caused Trouble From the Start 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z But let a management problem become a crisis — when the health-care exchanges fail, say, or the Internal Revenue Service mishandles a political hot potato — and the relevance of getting the process right becomes painfully clear. How to make the ‘peaceful but ugly’ presidential transition faster 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Negative rates are like a central bank’s version of the children’s game of hot potato—the potato being money nobody wants to get left holding. Fed’s Dislike of Negative Interest Rates Points to Limits of Stimulus Measures 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Mayor Ed Murray and the City Council are playing hot potato with a key part of Seattle’s first-in-the-nation ordinance allowing taxi and Uber drivers to unionize. Which Uber drivers will get to vote on unionization? Neither mayor nor council wants to decide 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z "It's like passing a hot potato," says Kelly Tucker, executive director of the Dysautonomia Information Network, an organization that aggregates resources on conditions of the autonomic nervous system, including POTS. What Is POTS and Why Haven't More People Heard of It? 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z “This was a hot potato that literally landed on Greek territory,” said Thanos Dokos, director of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy think tank. 8 Turks who fled to Greece are a diplomatic 'hot potato' 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z "This was a hot potato that literally landed on Greek territory," said Thanos Dokos, director of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy think tank. 8 Turks who fled to Greece are a diplomatic 'hot potato' 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z “This has turned into a hot potato,” said Ken Cramer, a school board member who supports extending equal protections to transgender students. Wyoming Schools Look for a Middle Way for Transgender Students 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Mayor Ed Murray and the City Council are playing hot potato with a key aspect of Seattle’s first-in-the-nation ordinance allowing taxi and Uber drivers to unionize. Which Uber drivers will get to vote on unionization? Neither mayor nor council wants to decide 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The reason it was put to a popular vote in Ireland is because same-sex marriage is a political hot potato. Gay Marriage: Australia Should Learn From Irish Example 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z And this is just making official what started with a bunch of Gen-X-ers playing hot potato with their grannies’ china sets. What to do with grandmother’s china 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z He also scrupulously avoids political hot potatoes, such as the officers’ feelings about gun control. Deep inside the day-to-day drama of real-life homicide detectives 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Would he have time to continue leaving “no political hot potato unbuttered”? Turns out the answer is a resounding no. The week's best podcasts: Steve Austin wants a word with you about wrestling 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z From middle school to the undergraduate level in Wyoming, diversity is a hot potato that no one wants to hold too long. Diversity remains a challenging topic in some classrooms 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z When Australia's immigration minister spoke out about the level of literacy and numeracy among migrants late on Tuesday, he was addressing what has become one of the hot potatoes of this election season. How Australia stood up to minister's 'illiterate migrants' comments - BBC News 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z In the past, the Spurs were selfless on the court, turning every possession into an elaborate game of hot potato. How the Spurs Got Better by Getting Cheaper 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z According to state Department of Agriculture documents, the federal agencies are playing a game of “hot potato.” Things to know: Families claim against USDA over pesticide 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Halve hot potatoes and transfer to a large bowl. Celebrate New Potatoes, Spring’s Sleeper Ingredient 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z And the answer is a political hot potato: if you pass a law that prohibits saddling patients with “surprise bills,” then someone else is going to be on the hook. How You Could Get Hit With a Surprise Medical Bill 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z “They really don’t want to be in the middle of a political hot potato.” Donald Trump Might Be Able to Sue Ted Cruz, Legal Experts Say 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z The devil won't be just in the details when the Phoenix City Council takes up a political and religious hot potato. The Phoenix City Council has voted to replace prayer with a moment of silence 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The devil won’t be just in the details when the Phoenix City Council takes up a political and religious hot potato. The Latest: Phoenix council expects heavy debate over prayer 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Then pass hot potatoes through a food mill or ricer into a large bowl. Celebrate New Potatoes, Spring’s Sleeper Ingredient 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Securities and Exchange Commission’s passing reference hasn’t become a political hot potato. Ex-Ohio treasurer back in hot seat over pay-to-play scheme 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z But, she added, "at the end of the day, it is business. It is not friendship. They will drop us like a hot potato if we are not doing well." Actress, director and author Drew Barrymore is looking to build her beauty business beyond Wal-Mart 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z They will drop us like a hot potato if we are not doing well.” Drew Barrymore sets new sights for beauty brand 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z In 2015 House Republican leaders perfected the art of treating conservative priorities as hot potatoes to be dropped and of relegating conservatives to the sidelines by negotiating bipartisan deals directly with Democrats. How the Freedom Caucus Can Get Its Groove Back 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z It also favored college boards to have more control of tuition and fees, something that’s a political hot potato in the Legislature. Louisiana editorial roundup 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z With the budget deficit near 10% of GDP and the economy shrinking, it would instead be getting “a plate of hot potatoes with a small side of pork,” quips one investment banker. Dilma’s disasters 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z It also described the baby girl who was born as “a miracle” to her biological parents, a “marvel” to science and “a cute, plump, brown-eyed hot potato” to ethics professors and lawyers. U.S. warms to surrogacy as ‘womb-for-rent’ scandals prompt crackdowns in Asia 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z As a result the question of inversion is almost guaranteed to emerge as a political hot potato in the presidential election season. The Pfizer-Allergan merger is good for the US – if you're in the 1% 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Cole and the Western Watershed cited the accident a few days after in their quest to at least modify open range, an issue he calls a “political hot potato.” Rules of the road for motorists include open range in Idaho 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Spain have hogged the ball, England have treated it like a hot potato. Spain v England: international friendly – as it happened! 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z “This project, somewhat bizarrely, took on an almost mythical status as the ultimate political hot potato between Republicans and Democrats,” said Pavel Molchanov, oil analyst for the investment firm Raymond James. Obama rejects Keystone XL project, citing U.S. climate leadership 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Sausages were a hot potato in national elections two years ago and the language is peppered with sausage references. In Frankfurt, Germany, Hot Dog Haters Are the Wurst 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z For Obama, the 1,179-mile proposed pipeline has swelled over the years into a behemoth political hot potato. Keystone backers now look to Obama's successor to make the call; Obama signals not so fast 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z “That was just like the old ‘hot potato’ game,” interim Miami coach Larry Scott said. Officiating decisions mar Miami’s madcap return to beat Duke 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Spain have hogged the ball, England have treated it like a hot potato. Spain v England: international friendly – as it happened! 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z "That was just like the old 'hot potato' game," interim Miami coach Larry Scott said. Questionable decisions by officials cloud Miami's final lateral-filled return to beat Duke 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Add the fat and a few generous grinds of pepper to the hot potatoes and toss well; the potatoes should end up with a thin coating of potato-fat paste. Super-crisp roasted potatoes and Peruvian-style roast chicken top October's recipes 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z As the temperature drops, the refugee crisis remains Europe’s political hot potato. Eritrean refugee radio hotline gears up for looming winter 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z But the future of The Voice has become a political hot potato for the corporation as it negotiates with the government over its next royal charter. BBC bids to keep The Voice for two more years - BBC News 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Amateur photographers were passing iPhones back and forth like hot potatoes and waving their selfie sticks in the air like sabers. When Instagram Culture Ruins a Vacation 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Turning peaceful naval patrols into diplomatic hot potatoes is exactly the sort of change Beijing seeks. A 12-Mile South China Sea Test 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Slovakia accepted around 100 refugees last year, about a third of those who applied, and the issue is a political hot potato with elections due in March. East-West divide threatens to undermine EU's humanitarian response to refugee emergency 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z But politically, closing hospitals is a hot potato. BMA: Northern Ireland GPs shortage 'reaches crisis point' - BBC News 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z “People basically saw it as a political hot potato that they didn’t want to get near,” Caplan says. Is It Time to Regulate Fetal Tissue Donations? 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z She was asked if the county insurance would pay a fine, and she said: “I was told they would drop me like a hot potato.” The Latest: Plaintiff: License would validate gay marriage 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z "It's like they had a hot potato tossed into their laps, and they took a year and a half of deliberations and said, 'We're going to toss it back,'" he said. Few options for union activists after US board blocks bid to unionize college athletes 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Either way, he said, the final decision was a “hot potato” because of the prominence of the project. ‘Cronies’ of Former Myanmar Regime Thrive Despite U.S. Blacklist 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z He described owning vacant properties as holding onto a “hot potato.” Distressed property investor capitalizes on tax auctions 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z "They didn't want to touch the hot potato and passed it on instead." Dutch appeals court dodges decision on hotly debated H5N1 papers 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Food prices are a political hot potato in India, where more than a quarter of its population of 1.2 billion people live on a mere 74 cents or less per day. Dry spell wilts Indian crops, stokes food inflation concerns 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z “This finding by the court is really very strange—unfortunately it seems like the court wanted to forward this hot potato to the higher courts,” Mr. Schrems’ lawyer Wolfram Proksch said. Austrian Court Rejects Max Schrems’ Facebook Privacy Case 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z "This finding by the court is really very strange. Unfortunately it seems like the court wanted to forward this hot potato to the higher courts," Schrems' lawyer, Wolfram Proksch, said in a statement. Austrian student's privacy battle against Facebook suffers setback 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z For others, it represents a political hot potato. As HIV Proliferates, Will the Public Good Be Placed Before Politics? 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z “He broke his oath to them. The minute they think he might embarrass them, they’ll drop him like a hot potato. As far as they’re concerned, he’s just some bottom-tier collaborator—he’s nobody.” “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The bill has been a hot potato from the beginning. Abortion parent notification bill now likely to get hearing 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Critics say that the law is snaring too many people, who are costly to detain, but changing the law is a political hot potato because lawmakers fear being painted as soft on crime. After Va. man is exonerated, critics see a broken justice system 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z That means that you’ll soon get directives from high ranking music execs for their business affairs departments to drop this issue like a hot potato. I Hope Apple Kills Free Streaming, But Not For The Reason You Think 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The other two organizations seem to have dropped me like a hot potato. How Long Should I Keep Waiting After A Job Interview? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The biggest political hot potato is probably the commission’s investigation into the practices of Gazprom, the Russian gas giant. The Danish Politician Who Brought Antitrust Charges Against Google 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Considering that the competition to host the Olympics has become a global game of hot potato recently — one city doesn’t want it, and other cities don’t, either — they are right to wonder. Boston 2024 Olympic Bid Is a Problem of U.S.O.C.’s Own Making 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Transit investment has been a hot potato in Congress, as members from areas that have minimal transit systems favor using the Highway Trust Fund primarily or solely for roads and bridges. White House sends Congress &u0024;478 billion, 6-year transportation bill 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Many cases were passed among lawyers like hot potatoes and lay dormant on court dockets. Foreclosure to Home Free, as 5-Year Clock Expires 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z And finally, think about this…. if Apple Pay were truly insecure, banks would drop it like a hot potato, right? Blame The Banks For The So-Called Apple Pay "Fraud" 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z "It's become a hot potato for the Malaysian government. It was just too much to handle," said another source. Exclusive: Malaysia's 1MDB to be dismantled under debt plan - sources 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The fate of this agency’s funding has become a hot potato after House Republicans tied this funding matter to President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Then the axiom gets dropped like a hot potato. Roger Goodell's an idiot, Marshawn Lynch's cool: Seattle Times readers sound off 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z He had no idea what hot potato might be lobbed at him from an audience with a wide range of expertise, say from high finance and fracking to the fratricidal tribes in Yemen. Jeb Bush Was an Effective Governor and Would Be Formidable in 2016 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z What remains to be seen is whether the more limited shift in policy flagged up today becomes a political hot potato. More bad news from A&E 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The short-lived Guadalupe occupation became a political hot potato when a TV news helicopter filmed a youth with a rifle on the street outside the invaded condominiums. Flimsy shacks and empty new apartments: Brazil’s housing crisis tears urban fabric 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The good news is when they consciously cut back, they drop weight like a hot potato. 7 Eating Habits You Should Drop Now 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z In principle, yes, though the prospects of a prosecution, experts say, are exceedingly slim and a political hot potato. Americans Involved in Torture Can Be Prosecuted Abroad, Analysts Say 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z But ‘net migration’ is a political hot potato. More Women, More Immigration: Randstad CEO On UK Need For Corporate Talent 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The short but heated exchange is the latest sparring over an issue that’s been a political hot potato since the housing market unraveled and home prices plunged. Principal reduction for underwater homeowners not off table, official testifies That leaves the government ever more dependent on property taxes, another political hot potato. British Borrowing Binge Could Sink Cameron's Electoral Hopes 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z “They realize this is a political hot potato. I think they’re being deliberately tight-lipped about it. That kind of leaves everybody twisting in the wind.” Government close to closing loophole that lets employers offer substandard insurance “Here we are now, hot potatoes” and later: “I’ve got soup, it’s in containers.” I stir the cocoa: is the misheard lyric under threat? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z It is quickly turning out to be a potential financial nightmare and a political hot potato. High Hopes for Russia Are Fading on Wall St. 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z “I realize that he is a hot potato, but he’s also is a man of integrity and he’s honest,” Hoskins said then. Arizona GOP replaces Pearce as top leader 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z It’s a policy and political hot potato that’s bad for patients, bad for taxpayers and bad for the state budget. Special Session Sneak Peek: Will Virginia Lawmakers Listen To Voters On Medicaid Expansion? 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The problem that Kansas, most states and our Federal government face is that the problems they are trying to fix are due to years, if not decades of neglect and political hot potato playing. Conservative Experiment Faces Revolt in Reliably Red Kansas 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z His son-in-law Keith Harrison says: "They just dropped him like a hot potato and he was left on his own effectively. They couldn't resurrect his help." Social care access 'limited for many' 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z House Republican leadership to deal with the hot potato that is the Export-Import Bank — by not dealing with it anytime soon. Editorial: Congress should not delay vote on Export-Import Bank 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z “This is a hot potato for them,” he said. Canada’s second thoughts on F-35 Lightning show concerns about plane’s high cost “I realize that he is a hot potato, but he’s also is a man of integrity and he’s honest,” Hoskins said. Recalled Senate President Pearce lands county job 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z “People are going to want to try to dodge this hot potato,” says economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin. $1,000-a-pill Sovaldi jolts US health care system 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The Premier League lead changed hands 25 times, like a game of hot potato played with bundles of million-pound banknotes. 'Crazy' season? English top flight more predictable than on continent 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z The case has become a political hot potato amid perceptions the decision may have sought to undermine leftists. Colombian president confirms ouster of Bogota mayor 2014-03-20T02:03:51Z It throws a political hot potato into the lap of President Santos ahead of May 25 elections in which he will seek a second term. Colombia should stop Bogota mayor's ouster: rights commission 2014-03-19T19:26:38Z After our husbands died, which they did quickly back then, we scattered like the four winds, dropping each other – and AIDS – like hot potatoes. My Invisible Life as an AIDS Widow 2014-02-28T00:35:46Z Telephone companies have said they don’t want to be responsible for securing such a hot potato, so the government will take 60 days to study how an undetermined third party might keep the records. Just a Few Small Spying Tweaks 2014-01-17T20:05:24Z The steady stream of refugee boats heading for Australia is political a hot potato, dividing voters domestically and stoking regional tensions. Why Does Nauru Charge $7,100 For a Media Visa? 2014-01-09T09:05:25Z The voting system to be used in the legislative election is a political hot potato. Egypt's interim president to decide on voting system 2013-11-27T21:00:24Z “Honestly, the environment seems to be a game of hot potato where no politician wants to be caught being pro or anti-bitcoin,” says Charles Hoskinson, director of the Bitcoin Education Project. Politicians Just Don't Get Bitcoin 2013-11-18T04:20:29Z The government, divided on Sunday trading as on many other issues, handed on the hot potato for further study. Sunday trading: Closed for business 2013-10-03T09:18:08Z The treatment of Roma people - who face widespread discrimination in Europe - is a political hot potato in France. French minister defends Roma remarks 2013-09-25T15:21:21Z Privatization has been a hot potato, with Swedes growing suspicious of more welfare cuts following scandals over private care homes for the elderly and for-profit schools. Sweden sells remaining stake in Nordea for $3.4 billion 2013-09-25T10:30:24Z The endgame is shaping up less like a bare-knuckle brawl than a game of hot potato, with both chambers bidding to corner the other into making a final move. Doomed Budget Passes House 2013-09-20T18:35:23Z He started this whole thing and now he’s saying this is your hot potato, I’m not touching it.” Republican divisions over government funding bill deepen 2013-09-20T00:23:00Z His pending fiscal reform is expected to tax food and medicine, a political hot potato Lopez Obrador is also firmly against. Mexico leftist vows to block reforms, warns oil firms 2013-08-30T21:44:51Z But, what made things far worse was a "hot potato" effect: amid the confusion, one by one the robot traders tried to cut and run, and the stock exchange's computers got swamped. Dark magic: Rise of robot traders 2013-07-07T23:08:01Z But he worries about two types of ballot measure: those that threaten politicians’ self-interest, such as campaign-finance reforms, and “hot potatoes” that inspire intense feelings, like Prop 8. Ballot measures in California: Power from the people 2013-07-04T15:04:16Z In doing so, the Chinese may have simply been passing along a "hot potato," that could have grown into a diplomatic spat. Analysis: For Obama, a world of Snowden troubles 2013-06-23T21:57:15Z Played hot potato with the puck in front of the net in hopes of catching him off-guard and slipping one by. Rask too tough for Chicago in Boston's 2-1 OT win 2013-06-16T03:50:11Z We played new digital versions of hot potato. A Father's Day Gift That's Narcissistic But Not Self-Indulgent 2013-06-03T13:01:04Z Pascua-Lama is a political hot potato in Chile, which is holding a presidential election in November. Chile court suspends Barrick's massive Pascua-Lama project 2013-04-10T20:58:21Z "Whether it could happen or not is another question, but it's unequivocally going to be the hot potato that's thrown around for the industry." Obama Medicare rebate plan could hurt drug companies 2013-02-13T23:30:15Z That could become a political hot potato for President Barack Obama's administration ahead of the summer driving season, which officially starts on the Memorial Day holiday weekend at the end of May. Analysis: As U.S. gasoline prices soar, hedge fund oil bets near record 2013-02-12T22:56:38Z This is "hot potato economics" because there would be more money swilling around. 'Hot potato economics' - a path to recovery? 2013-01-23T15:39:09Z Navy Band and servings of hot potato pancakes, or latkes, and doughnuts. National Menorah set to be lit in Washington for Hanukkah 2012-12-08T21:30:58Z In England, homegrown players treat the ball like a hot potato. The Fiver 2012-10-12T15:22:07Z Ray Mogford, a Conservative representing Langstone on Newport council, said wherever Gypsy sites went people were very opposed, adding: "It's always a political hot potato." Residents oppose Gypsy site plans 2012-09-14T07:11:59Z Introducing vouchers, though, would be too much of a hot potato even for him. Chicago’s schools: Zero sum games 2012-09-13T15:03:57Z The "hot potato" of credit would be passed on to financial services. 'Hot potato economics' - a path to recovery? 2013-01-23T15:39:09Z "It is likely to be the first hot potato of many he will face in his new job." Mixed reception to Hunt's new job 2012-09-04T12:11:26Z This is why the accident became such a hot potato after it occurred. After Ling Jihua’s Demotion, News of Son’s Crash in Ferrari 2012-09-03T18:55:02Z Back in Wales, scene of the dramatic rescue of the 50-plus stone teenager, childhood obesity is a political hot potato. Should obese children be taken into care? 2012-08-16T00:41:43Z She tossed the microphone like a hot potato to someone else. Summer Nights: In Parkchester, Karaoke Fans Pass the Time and the Microphone 2012-08-15T02:18:33Z Trust is a big part of that, which filters into issues like piracy, which is currently a hot potato for Facebook and other free-to-use web services. Evernote talks user experience, privacy and developer relations 2012-07-24T14:34:44Z The "hot potato" of this project has been the problem of challenging the militarisation of the Games, as highlighted by Seumas Milne. Letters: Rings of steel – the fiasco that is Olympic security 2012-07-13T20:00:04Z Orozco and Leyva have spent the last six months playing hot potato in the role of best American gymnast. Mikulak shines on first day of gymnastics trials 2012-06-29T00:20:11Z The impact of raptors is a political hot potato because shooting game birds is an economic lynchpin in rural communities, and apparent attempts by some to control raptors have conservationists worried. Persecutors or persecuted? 2012-06-01T01:28:34Z In extreme cases the buyer drops the seller like a hot potato. 4 Ways Verizon Is Trying To Get Rid of Me 2012-05-25T15:42:20Z Take the "aloo", which is passed from farmer to middleman after middleman and then to the final vendor like a hot potato, climbing in price at every stage. Analysis: Supply bottlenecks: in India, they're no small potatoes 2012-05-22T12:44:49Z Quite the opposite; a hot potato stock can continue to rise in price as greed overtakes thoughtful analysis. Benjamin Graham Never Would Have Touched Facebook 2012-05-18T14:43:41Z However, executive compensation is such a hot potato these days that Delaware may decide to allow these suits in cases where boards are particularly heedless. Deal Professor: Citigroup Has Few Options After Pay Vote 2012-04-18T17:37:14Z Of course, given how heated any discussion of Modi becomes in India, the poll itself turned into something of a hot potato. Narendra Modi and the TIME 100: Even an Online Poll Sparks Controversy 2012-04-11T02:35:38Z The monthly jobless rate is one of the most closely watched indicators of the economic recovery — and often becomes a political hot potato. No change expected in Feb. jobless rate 2012-03-08T20:42:00Z “This is such a hot potato,” said Mark T. Williams, a risk-management expert teaching at Boston University who isn’t involved in the Harbinger loan deal. Jefferies Loan to Harbinger Will Default If Falcone Is Charged 2012-02-15T13:53:09Z When the men took up stones with which to hammer the tent pegs they dropped them "like hot potatoes." Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z He is passing the hot potato to the states.” Obama Health Coverage Policy Passes ‘Hot Potato’ to States 2011-12-19T19:46:01Z So, if you’re in a position of authority, it’s your responsibility not to toss the hot potato for years and years. Why 2012 Could Come Down to Florida for the GOP 2011-12-12T23:05:25Z I have seen the time you would all have been glad of hot potatoes and salt, without milk at all,' was retorted. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Police arrested 39 local people in last month's protests, and the row has become a political hot potato. Tempers rise over oil palm in Sierra Leone 2011-11-11T13:52:37Z If you go broke they'll drop you like a hot potato. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z I filched another look at him; he was burning the roof of his mouth with hot potato as he lolled against my bed foot; and I judged it time to put my plan into execution. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z With respect to hot potatoes, they must have been considerably more modern, as there are persons now living who declare them to have been eaten with great caution, and very rarely admitted to the table. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z It’s become kind of a hot potato: Do we want a memorial park or a park with a memorial in it?” Push Is On for AIDS Memorial in Greenwich Village Park 2011-10-15T20:33:33Z The cold joints of yesterday, with hot potatoes, piquant sauces, and chutney; washed down with a cup of delicious chocolate or new milk. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Oh, no, it’s warm as a hot potato!” Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z They would turn the euro into a hot potato, producing hyperinflation. To Save Euro, Turn Banks Into Mutual Funds: Laurence Kotlikoff 2011-09-14T00:58:02Z Judging by a lengthy and detailed article in Spiegel, "Germany Plans for Possible Greece Default," getting passed around Monday by econobloggers like a eurozone-destroying hot potato, the answer is yes. End of the line for Greece? 2011-09-12T22:02:00Z Then she presented me with three parcels wrapped in tissue paper, and in them I found a little salt, a small piece of butter, and... three hot potatoes in their jackets. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z “It’s a political hot potato more than it’s a fundamental hot potato,” said Josh Rosner, an analyst at Graham Fisher & Co. in New York. BofA ‘Buying Credibility’ With Buffett’s $5B Investment 2011-08-25T22:22:07Z Baltimore’s Damien Berry plays hot potato with the football in the end zone Thursday night at Lincoln Financial Field. Ravens are kept out of the end zone in preseason loss to Eagles 2011-08-12T03:36:06Z In hot potato, players toss a beanbag to each other, trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible so they aren’t holding it when the music stops. Euro Crisis May Pack U.S. Banks With Deposits They Can’t Use 2011-08-08T11:11:03Z The Competition Commission will deliver its verdict at the earliest just before Christmas and at the latest in mid-February, which means Hunt can put down this particular hot potato while the political temperature cools. News Corp's BSkyB move allows Jeremy Hunt to drop a hot potato 2011-07-11T20:06:17Z As we came ashore her expression was still a belligerent one and she had a hot potato which she tossed from hand to hand ready for an emergency. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z He dropped the bridle like a hot potato and skipped into the bush, and then old Garthorpe levels it dead at us. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z But with evidence now cutting the other way, “It seems that she’ll be dropped like a hot potato.” With Each Twist in Strauss-Kahn Case, City Sees Further Reflections of Itself 2011-07-04T01:39:39Z At break of day the cook came in with a large wooden bowl of hot potatoes, which he put on the table singing out, "Breakfast!" Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Some accuse the FCC of intentional foot-dragging on what it knows is a hot potato, because as soon as the rules are implemented they are sure to be challenged in court by corporations. Analysis: FCC's slow pace on Internet rules puzzles some 2011-06-09T18:21:23Z “And everyone’s just passing the blame around like a hot potato because there are gaps in the system.” Short Seller Block Takes On Paulson, Greenberg in China (1) 2011-06-06T12:57:57Z A glass of water and a piece of bread, very nicely arranged; a plate with hot potatoes, turnips mashed, beets, and three small shrimps fried. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z It consisted of cold beef, hot potatoes, home-brewed ale and musty cheese. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Each seemed to drop his tool like a hot potato. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z “The authorities avoid tackling the problem because it’s a political hot potato.” E.U. Presses Greece on Private Colleges 2011-04-10T21:13:47Z The issue of corporate tax, however, remains a hot potato – but it may be more of a red herring. If Google is in Ireland for tax reasons, why are most of its profits in Bermuda? 2011-03-24T14:08:00Z We lay on our backs till the dame brought us the hot potato on a shovel, with oatcake and butter, and with this Highland dinner the last hour came decently to its death. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Lay on a platter sprinkled with chopped parsley and serve at once with hot potatoes boiled in salt water. Cloud City Cook-Book 2011-03-08T03:00:40.033Z “Still, the reality is that in Australia the merger is still politically a very hot potato.” Singapore Exchange’s ASX Takeover Bid Gets Boost From Chi-X 2011-03-04T04:23:02Z Gardener's Question Time became such a political hot potato it was cancelled by the BBC. Last of the guerrilla gardeners 2011-01-19T18:23:38.640Z She had expected to find a bowl of hot potato soup and a plate of sausage and garlic. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z I thought I had a few friends, but they dropped me like a hot potato when I ran into trouble.” Signal in the Dark 2011-01-06T03:00:43.537Z Pay at the upper echelons of the public sector escaped anything but cursory attention in the four-year plan when it was published 10 days ago because it is such a political hot potato. Ireland's 'morbidly obese cats' and runaway public sector pay 2010-12-06T12:50:00Z "It's simply too much of a political hot potato to let them all expire," said congressional analyst Ripp. Analysis: Bipartisanship elusive in post-election Washington 2010-11-24T17:11:00Z One of the political hot potatoes facing any incoming administration will be the aftermath of the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Catalan statute. Battle Lines Drawn in Catalonia 2010-11-23T21:51:00Z But as volume increased, traders started to buy and resell them in what the report calls a “hot potato” effect. The flash crash: Autopsy 2010-10-07T11:04:00Z Bringing Lueke to the Mariners while the controversy is so fresh would be a hot potato the ballclub doesn't really need at this point of the season. Should Lueke ever pitch for the Mariners? An opinion and a poll 2010-09-22T23:32:00Z The issue has become a political hot potato for President Barack Obama, who has vowed to veto any legislation that would fund the second engine over Pentagon protests. Pentagon's 2nd-engine estimate sparks debate 2010-09-17T00:14:00Z Now it is a hot potato, it's a potentially risky investment. Pakistan trio facing axe from tour 2010-08-31T22:17:00Z Second, a delicate subject that needs careful handling, and in which the issue of blame has become a hot potato – and should definitely not be levelled at the journalist involved. Who is in your Super League dream team for the season? 2010-08-13T09:10:00Z "He took over the national team when it was a hot potato and lots of people predicted we wouldn't even qualify for South Africa," Fernandez said at the presidential palace. Maradona Claims Betrayal by Argentina Officials 2010-07-29T05:00:00Z Barring regulation, which is a political hot potato, how do you deal with the risk? Banking's Dilemma: The Limits Of The Internet 2010-07-06T10:00:00Z "The working assumption is that anything that is Murdoch-related is a political hot potato," said one analyst. News Corp picks its moment to take full control of BSkyB 2010-06-15T12:55:00Z His 25-yard drive bounced twice and into the arms of goalkeeper Robert Green, then squirted out in soccer's version of hot potato. Dempsey not certain World Cup goal counted 2010-06-14T15:22:00Z The oil spill is a political hot potato for the Obama administration ahead of a November election that is widely expected to erode Democrats' control of the U.S. U.S. keeps "boot on neck" of BP over spill 2010-05-25T02:56:00Z The issue is a hot potato - particularly during an election campaign - because bad behaviour too often goes hand in hand with poor results and attainment. The latest weapon in tackling unruly pupils 2010-04-22T10:50:00Z Parallel lives Let us not restore the myth of the Rainbow Nation though - race is still the hottest of hot potatoes here. Old wounds 2010-04-05T14:52:00Z In the last six or seven months Portsmouth has become a bit of a hot potato and passed around. Chainrai set to stay at Portsmouth 2010-03-25T00:10:00Z Prominent mainstream climate scientist Kevin Trenberth at the National Center for Atmospheric Research said "climate science has become a political hot potato." World's Top Scientists to Review Climate Panel 2010-03-10T19:44:00Z Because it was an influential utility, TXU was a political hot potato. For Buyout Kingpins, the TXU Utility Deal Gets Tricky 2010-02-27T23:02:00Z That's because urea manufacturers form a powerful lobby, and farmers are most heavily reliant on this fertilizer, making it a political hot potato to raise the price. India's Green Revolution Wilts 2010-02-23T01:15:00Z Roy swung sharply to meet it, dropped his bat like a hot potato and streaked for first. The Crimson Sweater But poor mercy would he have met with, if I hadn't run up just in time, and fetched the fellow a slash with my cutlass, which made him drop the tommyhawk like a hot potato. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 They all sat down at the table again, and Gabriel was going to the kitchen for hot potatoes, when he spied another figure struggling through the gate and driving up the long path. Anne And the youngest of their grandchildren danced round them joyfully, and said they were going to have a feast in the evening, and there were to be hot potatoes. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Soon as I knew he was on the case, I reported to my superiors and we dropped the thing like a hot potato, just to avoid being at cross-purposes. The Caves of Fear Make haste, for there's a hot potato besides, and half a pint of fresh-drawn beer in a bottle. Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read Snorro waited long in hopes of seeing her; waited until the smoking goose and hot potatoes, and boiling water, lemons and brandy, drew every one to the white, glittering table. Jan Vedder's Wife All they gave us was a cup of coffee and two slices of black bread in the morning; and for dinner and supper a basin of hot potato water. On the right of the British line “A great country for a bank, this,” commented Mr. Becher, with infinite finesse and between intermittent puffs at a hot potato. A Breath of Prairie and other stories She'd drop old Tippengray like a hot potato and stick to me like one of those adhesive plasters that have holes in them. The Squirrel Inn After filling them with venison, hot potatoes, and coffee, we started to our own camp. Letters on an Elk Hunt I've a little pad and a big pencil, and a hot potato in my pocket for to warm the numb fingers at. It, and Other Stories Finnish dances are strange; a young man spies a young woman, he rushes at her, seizes her by the waist, dances lustily, and then lets her go as if she were a hot potato. Through Finland in Carts Or when I sit in the road and shut my eyes and listen to the wonderful sounds of a May-day, I remember how good hot potatoes smell. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Ah! you are worse than a hot potato. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer He yawned in mid-sentence, so that the last two or three words sounded as though he were trying to swallow a large and hot potato while he uttered them. All the Brothers Were Valiant I showed my gratitude for that by coming over in the afternoon and helping him slice hot potatoes for potato salad while my floor got washed. Working With the Working Woman Arrange lettuce leaves around a platter; slice 6 hot potatoes in slices and pile in the centre; pour the bacon fat and vinegar over, sprinkle salt and pepper over, and chopped parsley. 365 Luncheon Dishes A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year And the whole work of teaching intuitive reasoning would be dropped like a hot potato by just those very people who need to learn to use it. Dead Giveaway The three women sat down to an uncomfortable dinner of cold meat and hot potatoes and warmed-up pudding. The Lost Girl Their treasures next the ashes yield, And hot potatoes lie revealed, Which little hungry mouths invite, With dainty smell and welcome sight. Chatterbox Stories of Natural History He also managed hot potatoes as an extra surprise, and as it was our first set meal since 5.30 A.M. breakfast, there was a period of steady, quiet, happy munching. Pushed and the Return Push As for the dignity of managership, Captain Nevin and I tossed it from one to the other like a hot potato in jest, but between us we ran the paper very well. Memoirs The second course was cold roast beef and hot potatoes, served in three different ways, with rolls and plenty of wine. In and Around Berlin “Well, you might give your poor son, who has just escaped outer prison, a hot potato,” said Esau, grinning at me again. To The West He more than once went up to the fire for a hot potato, but each time the punch was offered him he wisely declined taking it. Ernest Bracebridge School Days This made Larry drop his rifle like a hot potato; but, nothing daunted, he kept alongside of me all the same, drawing his cutlass as we raced along together. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy He would be seen chasing a ragged boy along the quays, and compelling him to come to school, not by the power of a policeman, but by the power of a hot potato. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning When mixed with the last dressing it is usually served with hot potatoes. Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs The Administration would drop you like a hot potato if you did a thing like that. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North Just at the end of it the servants brought some dishes of hot potatoes, which had been cooked gipsy fashion, and then several people began again for the sake of eating them. Ernest Bracebridge School Days What I wanted was a hot Scotch and a hot chop and hot potatoes—everything hot. At Home with the Jardines Rudi, Hartenstein has pulled a hot potato out of the ashes, this time, and he wants to toss it to your uncle, before he burns his fingers. He Walked Around the Horses Meantime, I'm a sergeant, and if Lyn went to picking friends out of the ranks, I'm not sure they wouldn't drop her like a hot potato. Raw Gold A Novel "Was there any reading-matter in the book?" queried the Idiot, blowing softly on a hot potato that was nicely balanced on the end of his fork. Coffee and Repartee "We play at whist, eat cold meat and hot potatoes, and any gentleman that chooses smokes." Charles Lamb I fed off bully, hot potatoes, bread and honey, then turned in. Adventures of a Despatch Rider O, what sweet meals have I and my children made on hot potatoes, nicely boiled and cracked, with salt — not merely content, but they tasted good and savory. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. The Christian name dropped as gingerly out of his mouth as if it had been a hot potato. Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst "Well, then, keep your word to him, of coorse; but, as soon as the christenings over, drop him like a hot potato." Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Add the sugar, spice, and butter to the hot potato. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes Large, crisp, hot potato chips make a pleasant change for dunking purposes. The Complete Book of Cheese Caroline, Mrs. Matilda wants you to motor out with her to the Forks to see about having Jeff and Tempie get ready for the supper cooking—barbecue, birdies and the hot potato! Andrew the Glad Or I would sit down by the roadside to rest, and shut my eyes to listen to the delicious sounds of May, and what haunted me was the smell of hot potatoes. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Of course, he dropped me like a hot potato. Back to Methuselah Just as the car had stopped at the end of the street for Gilbert and his violoncello, so—more than an hour later—it stopped for Mrs Swann and her hot potatoes. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories When he saw he was caught red-handed, he dropped the spoil as he had dropped the hot potato, and crouched apprehensively. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion I would put these hot potatoes in my pockets, and after I had warmed my hands, I would swallow the potato. Analyzing Character For, indeed, I never love you so well as when I think of sitting down with you to dinner on a boiled scrag-end of mutton, and hot potatoes. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) Then he made one or two technical comments, to which the other listened with something that was partly indulgence, partly deference; adding, finally, as he moved away, 'And it'll sell, of course—like hot potatoes!' Fenwick's Career And it did not strike her that women of fashion like herself, wives of secretaries of flourishing companies, do not commonly go about with hot potatoes concealed on their persons. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Remove to platter and pour hot, melted butter over and serve with hot potatoes. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. Velvet Soup.—Pour three pints of hot potato soup, seasoned to taste, slowly over the well-beaten yolks of two eggs, stirring briskly to mix the egg perfectly with the soup. Science in the Kitchen. A hot mutton chop, or a cut of roast-beef, and a hot potato, seem to be a luxury they never think of in the hardest toil of harvest. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's And the third consequence was that the "Pall Mall Gazette" dropped me "like a hot potato." The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II And he has asked me to have hot potatoes prepared. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Cut into this in slices six hot potatoes. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. I rather think, my dear, that if, as you say, you could see all my thoughts, you would drop me as you would a hot potato. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss "Just in time, my boy," said he, "to take a cut of rare roast beef and a hot potato and a mug of your Uncle Sam's beer with us." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 He then threw his arms around his wife, gave her another hug, and then dropped her like a hot potato. The Lost Trail It seems hot potatoes are constantly used for this purpose in winter by the pupils of the Royal College of Music, and even by the professors. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories He would be seen chasing a ragged boy along the quays, and compelling him to come to school, not by the power of a policeman, but by the power of a hot potato. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Abdulla says plainly that if you undertake to pilot his ship out and instruct the half-caste, he will drop Willems like a hot potato and be your friend ever after. An Outcast of the Islands Add an equal amount of freshly cooked hot potato that has been put through a potato ricer or mashed fine. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish "I knocked and nobody answered, so I thought the room would be empty—" Biddy dropped my hand like a hot potato. It Happened in Egypt Mrs Swann was about to invade her courtly and luxurious house, uninvited, unauthorized, with a couple of hot potatoes in her muff. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories The table was set; clean trenchers, hot potatoes, milk, eggs, bacon, and "kindly welcome to all." Tales and Novels — Volume 06 We play at whist, eat cold meat and hot potatoes, and any gentleman that chooses smokes. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 A procession of girls went in to get hot potatoes wrapped in paper and cups of steaming mussels. L'Assommoir Put in the hot potatoes, sliced, toss them a moment, and if you have it, sprinkle over two tablespoonfuls of vinegar from pickled walnuts, or a tablespoonful of mushroom catsup. Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with Refreshments for all Social Affairs And we will buy two hot potatoes from the man on the quai.' The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons His lordship had dropped the doctor "like a hot potato," and had meanly submitted to his own servant. Blind Love As a reward he was invited to stay for dinner, and had a clean knife and fork, and a clean plate of steaming hot potatoes, with two slices of salt pork on the side. King Coal : a Novel Andy's wife was alive then, and she gave us a hot potato each and a pinch of salt. Light O' the Morning He dropped it like a hot potato when I sang out to him. The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar It surprised him so he dropped it like a hot potato. The Biography of a Rabbit She had taken him at his own valuation as an extremely hot potato, and her hero-worship had gradually been turning into love. The Clicking of Cuthbert Thus it is much better to spread uncooked fat over hot potatoes than to combine the two foods by frying the potatoes. School and Home Cooking He will drop the property 'like a hot potato,' as the Irish say. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths But he seems to have dropped it again like the proverbial hot potato. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 He dropped the thing—he says—"like a hot potato," and walked out hastily, without the slightest idea of what he would, or indeed could, do. Lord Jim "Australia! ah!" grunted Merton, and dropped it like a hot potato; he tried another, "Why, this is Australia, too; why, they are all Australia, as I am a living sinner." It Is Never Too Late to Mend He loaded a tin plate with hot potatoes, bannock-bread and rice that he had cooked before setting out on the Barren, and placed it before the girl. The Golden Snare Robert went to the kitchen, got a couple of hot potatoes and a candle, and carried them up-stairs to Shargar, who was fast asleep. Robert Falconer So they dropped me like a hot potato; never pestered me again. A Simpleton Miss Van Gorder dropped the revolver like a hot potato and opened her mouth to tell Lizzie not to be such a fool. The Bat She was a magnificent woman, Mr. Moody, and she dropped me like a hot potato. My Lady's Money The table was set; clean trenchers, hot potatoes, milk, eggs, bacon, and 'kindly welcome to all.' The Absentee The Bill which proposed to ameliorate the "Free" State cruelty, to which reference has been made above, was dropped like a hot potato. Native Life in South Africa |
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