Not that the top civilian post in the 19-member alliance is a poisoned chalice.
Some would-be reformers argue the FDA is being poisoned by the very money that keeps it going.
Right now Openly in America clean land is being poisoned while the Government Regulators, Politicians and citizens watch.
Their most substantial brief, that held by Mr Laws, is the ultimate poisoned chalice.
"Obama's going to come in, if he wins a second term, as a lame-duck president from day one into a Congress that is now a poisoned well" because of his unilateral move to halt some deportations, she said.
For health officials in Asia, the next pressing task is disposal of potentially poisoned foods.
To call Rangers a poisoned chalice is a bit like calling a mug of radioactive chemicals a nice cup of coffee.
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Director Mike Nichols is an old hand at lightly poisoned comedy, but when it comes to violence he shies away.
No other species is prodded, discombobulated, or poisoned quite so much in the quest to protect humans, except mice.
London (CNN) -- A British spy found dead at his home in 2010 -- his naked body padlocked inside a large red carrying bag stowed in the bathtub -- was either suffocated or poisoned, but it is unlikely his death will ever be satisfactorily explained, coroner Fiona Wilcox said Wednesday.
This is just one of many incidents that poisoned any chance of a constructive relationship between the Lawrence family and the police.
Experts estimate that half the people in Bangladesh - that is up to 75 million individuals - are slowly being poisoned.
In the wild, where individuals of a species are dotted around and have to be sought out by their predators, having a few leaves nibbled away is a minor nuisance compared with having your root system strangled and poisoned by your neighbours.
It is not known whether a chick also found dead in the nest was poisoned or starved to death after its mother died.
Of course, the exploit that they've actually released is completely harmless, but it demonstrates that the CPU cache can be "poisoned" to let folks read and write into the otherwise protected SMRAM memory.
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The spat has poisoned relations between America and Europe at a time when their close co-operation is more important than ever.
It is still unclear whether two other patients who suffered hypoglycaemic episodes did so naturally or as a result of being poisoned.
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