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Google famously flings a lot of half-cooked spaghetti against the wall (who the heck uses Knol?) to find a few advances that really stick (like Google Earth).
What Scares Google 2009
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When does a half-cooked notion, a conspiracy theory or a tissue of vaguely sourced and improbable claims become an item of journalistic "fact"?
Iran, Syria—and Seymour Hersh Bret Stephens 2011
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A Microsoft employee once accused Google of throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what stuck; about halfway through Ballmer's ultimate keynote at CES, I'm pretty sure I was struck in the face by some half-cooked linguini.
Jason Gilbert: Wait, How Weird Was That Microsoft Keynote? Jason Gilbert 2012
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The linguine, already half-cooked in water, absorbs the broth before being finished off to a buttery consistency with olive oil, a dash of clam broth and a hint of home-made chilli oil.
Cooking up holiday memories Tim Hayward 2010
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A Microsoft employee once accused Google of throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what stuck; about halfway through Ballmer's ultimate keynote at CES, I'm pretty sure I was struck in the face by some half-cooked linguini.
Jason Gilbert: Wait, How Weird Was That Microsoft Keynote? Jason Gilbert 2012
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The first main course—a duo of pan-seared foie gras on a sour-cherry compote and a mi-cuit literally, "half-cooked" laced with summer truffles and wild cherry liqueur—was, for at least one among us, transformative.
A Foie Gras Tour de France Marlowe Hood 2011
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Google famously flings a lot of half-cooked spaghetti against the wall (who the heck uses Knol?) to find a few advances that really stick (like Google Earth).
What Scares Google 2009
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A half-cooked joint of meat still stood over the hearth.
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With a frying pan of half-cooked bacon and a hard-on.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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"Why don't you eat?" he demanded, as Martin dipped dolefully into the cold, half-cooked oatmeal mush.
Chapter 5 2010
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