Word: underbrush
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...spite of the admittedly serious flaws in the process, the death penalty should be limitedly available as a tool of society in dealing with particularly egregious crimes. Many with particular, moral perspectives will disagree on this very personal and contentious issue. But we must clear the underbrush of the debate before we can effectively engage...
Environmentalists complain that too many snowmobilers ride roughshod over park rules. Rangers concede they are hard-pressed, even with radar guns, to enforce the 45-m.p.h. speed limit or keep hot-doggers from tearing off roads and into the underbrush. "Snowmobiles bring out the youth in people," says district ranger Bob Seibert. "Many of these riders can't seem to resist running up and down the hillsides...
With President Clinton looking vulnerable after the Democrats' trouncing last week, a pack of emboldened GOP presidential hopefuls for '96 are already poking their heads out of the underbrush -- and revealing some internal party dissension. Today, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, an outspoken loyalist during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, announced the formation of an exploratory committee to test the waters, while Texas Sen. Phil Gramm said Sunday he was filing the paperwork necessary to begin his candidacy. Expect backbiting soon: Specter, a moderate, took a swipe at the religious right ("they advocate intolerance"), while Gramm, on NBC's "Meet...
...piling up. The fundamental questions still are: Was any money from Madison Guaranty improperly funneled into Governor Clinton's campaigns, or into the Clintons' pockets? And did the Governor repay with political favors to the S&L? But any attempt to answer quickly leads into a tangled financial-political underbrush, which seems to get thornier every day. Some new problems...
Sure. But don't tell anyone. Naturally, the word spreads, to a drinking buddy, his girlfriend, a wife and so on. There's nothing wrong with the narrative idea here, and the reader should skid amiably into the underbrush of Chapter 2, as the treasure finders turn into thieves and murderers, miring themselves in treachery. But Smith has written a story in which all the characters, not excluding the first-person narrator, are stupid, mean and boring. They are jerks, irredeemable fools, and if one sat down next to you at a bar and started talking, you would pay your...