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The session begins with a bizarre dialogue about Michael Jackson--an African-American superstar who in the Iraqi officer's view was driven by bigotry to whiten his face and straighten his hair--and winds up with the Iraqi pouring oil down Barlow's throat in a brutal effort to drive home the war's real aim.
Readers said they wanted the areas where they spent the most time to have space and light, so McCurry has provided a spacious laundry room, generous hallways, a living room that's small enough to straighten easily but large enough to fit the whole family.
At a time when dumb one-liners and tasteless jokes can be tossed off on TV and elsewhere as examples of wit without causing anyone to cringe, perhaps the moment has arrived to make some distinctions and straighten out the nomenclature among those terms that fall under the umbrella of eliciting laughter.
According to Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard , Bush says his mother then called Billy Graham to straighten him out.
When Jerry was released from prison, he knew it would take hard work and determination to straighten out his life.