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• n  an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
• n  something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal
  she has a show-stopper of a smile

• The show-stopper was an Arabian singer's rendition of a specially composed wedding song, Mohammed and Salama.
• Having a degree from an elite academic institution is not necessarily a show-stopper, but in such cases there will be far tighter scrutiny to show ideological fidelity.
• Lisa Kirk, 23, singing show-stopper (Always True to You in My Fashion) of Cole Porter's smash Broadway musicomedy hit, Kiss Me, Kate; and Hollywood Tunesmith Robert (It Is Better .

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News & Articles

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• Recipe: Pina Colada dip
  A show-stopper for your next summer party.
  June 8, 2013 - WBTV Charlotte

Quotes

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• Michael Fincke in guardian.co.uk
  Without being able to recycle urine, that does take down some of our capability,Fincke said. "It's not necessarily a show-stopper but it's something that we definitely need to address."
• Ron Wyden in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  I don't see any show-stopper issues on the horizon,said Wyden.
• Lindsay Lohan in NECN
  Sabya (Sabyasachi Mukherjee) does not have a show-stopper normally. But I did not want to miss this show for the world. I am so glad I actually made it because I was shooting in Delhi, but I am glad I made it here and I might sound a little cocky... Vidya Balan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidya_Balan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEJWE8JaZyGK3N_1rdPa1QZoQTedg Daily News & Analysis http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_sabyasachi-mukherjee-showcases-his-bohemian-collection-at-lifw_1355891&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG8GC4hMi0mzcP0qKT486hbGFggYw Mar 5, 2010 89622 119295 show I did do everything that I was told to do and did the best I could to balance jobs and show up," she said. "I wasn't missing the classes just to hang out and do anything like that. I was working mostly in Morocco -- the trip I was working...