shoehorning

[...] 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment Republican governor (and part-time exorcist) Bobby Jindal has almost succeeded in shoehorning creationism back into Louisiana’s public [...]

Jindal’s Exorcism - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

Personally I'm a devout capitalist, but even I have problems with the idea of shoehorning RL products into fictional worlds.

Oh great! 2004

Or perhaps it applies to Microsoft, which refused to let go of the idea of shoehorning Windows onto a phone until or not).

MyAppleMenu 2010

The brooding character of Meriwether Lewis, as evidenced by Lewis's abundant letters and journals, is constructed here with particular verve, even if Mr. Hall sometimes seems to be shoehorning actual written observations into Lewis's conversation.

I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company by Brian Hall: Book summary 2010

It seems that Stephen Harper has been shoehorning his pals into various plum appointments, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

Rather than thinking through a plan for growth from which measures are then derived, this is shoehorning budget measures into the varying preordained categories and then calling them a plan, in short, turning the growth process on its head.

Mr Osborne's stunted thinking will leave the economy stalled | Will Hutton 2011

As for shoehorning Miss Marple into a Christie mystery in which she doesn't appear, well worse crimes have been committed.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Bad Movies You Might Enjoy Michael Giltz 2011

We're not used to having to call a buddy over to co-cooperatively read The Great Gatsby together, so shoehorning multiplayer into a game like oh, say Shadow of the Colossus likely wouldn't work (even though that may have initially been the idea, if the early workshop footage was any indication).

The Authorship Conflict SVGL 2009

As for shoehorning Miss Marple into a Christie mystery in which she doesn't appear, well worse crimes have been committed.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Bad Movies You Might Enjoy Michael Giltz 2011

Analysts also question whether the economic pain will soon shift to coffee shops and fast-food outlets if the industry – which is shoehorning outlets into stations, hospitals and petrol stations and seeking franchise partners to reach smaller towns and cities – fulfils such high octane expansion plans.

Fast food chains prosper as cash-strapped consumers shun retailers 2012