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He has assailed the corrupt, authoritarian regimes that rule most of the Arab world, punctured the ideological phantasms of Pan-Arabist nationalism and reactionary Islam alike, and bemoaned the impoverished state of Arab cultural and intellectual life.
It's not so bad that the blows aren't heavily amplified, but when the bad guys get it there isn't that extra sadistic beat to let you know how surprised they are that their aura of invincibility has been punctured.
This would-be thriller gets punctured by the critics: "Possibly the funniest movie ever made about Catholicism--from a theological point of view" (Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). The film stars Patricia Arquette as a beautician who is mysteriously afflicted with stigmata after receiving a rosary with a history from her mother.
I had punctured his thoracic duct, a collection of the lymphatic fluid that carries infection-fighting cells throughout the body.
After use with receiving water or effluents, CUBITAINERS® and plastic jugs are punctured to prevent reuse.