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  • That's no small feat, and in the end, RTD's strength isn't just one clever plot twist after another or witty dialogue, but giving us characters worthy of caring about even when the plot is tending toward swiss-cheese.

    TORCHWOOD: CoE Part 3...Spoilers rabid1st 2009

  • A paw pumped the air in exultation as the red-nosed leader became swiss-cheese venison.

    DANGEROUS SKIES • by Gustavo Bondoni 2009

  • So what nobody should argue with is that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have the right to an independent, viable (not a swiss-cheese reservation between colonies) state, since given the choice they would overwhelmingly vote for independence.

    Matthew Yglesias » A Back and Forth on Israel 2009

  • Reminder, prions are an entity which essentially eat away at the brain, causing it to have air pockets and holes in one's cerebral lobes, essentially turning the brain into swiss-cheese.

    Top 4 Enjoyable Unusual Meats You Should Try | Manolith 2010

  • It was on Mythbuster's two weeks ago and Jamie got to swiss-cheese a 55 gal drum.

    A Mini-Gun for Hillary? 2008

  • His ability to inhabit the viewpoints of the "swiss-cheese brain" executives is impressive, as are his depictions of such everyday people as Stewart's parents.

    New Race Joe Sullivan 2010

  • The brain is too swiss-cheese this morning to go into deep analysis so let's just talk about what hooks/storylines we like to read.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Nalini Singh 2007

  • Today the City Clowncil is expected to pass without discussion the historic landmark designation for Los Angeles' largest municipal park, officially carving it into the swiss-cheese chunks for special interests that clowncilmember Tom LaBonge has been trying to achieve for at least a decade.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • I thought just immediate family knew about the swiss-cheese brain/word retrieval problems I have, but no, my mom for example has noticed, as has my sister asked them directly.

    AAN: auto-immune disease of the brain and the effect on memory & the Brain Board; memory, regression & emotions Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • I realize my education was a swiss-cheese mesh of discrete learning with lots of blank spots left as an exercise to the student to complete.

    44 billion dollars to tide us over doyle 2009

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