Word: bitingly
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...candidates really believe that all this Internet hype will make a significant difference in their campaign, or are they just hedging their bets? While the Internet offers a place for candidates to get issues out more comprehensively than the standard media sound bite does, it is hard to imagine that e-precincts are the same as real precincts, or that a picture of a candidate can replace a firm handshake...
...everything from how they generate electricity to how they wash their cars--are rallying to the cause, reacting with none of the fury that greeted measures to protect the spotted owl in 1990. There are, to be sure, some dissenting voices, and when the new policies begin to bite, there are likely to be more. The only thing that seems certain so far is that saving the salmon will be an uphill fight...
...dropping the ball, passing the buck or dodging a bullet. And now I'm starting to realize that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Our writers, though still wet behind the ears, are starting to endlessly shoot this shit as well. We don't want to bite the hand that feeds us, but soon enough we'll be digging our own grave. Folks, the buck stops here--if we don't gain control of the situation soon, we'll be up shit's creek without a paddle and we'll all have to throw in the towel...
Musically, the show has been cannily put together. The eclectic 13-piece band includes both aging studio veterans and younger members of alternative-rock groups (Wondermints, Poi Dog Pondering) who worship at the altar of Wilson's bittersweet harmonies and who give Wilson's live sound more bite and elasticity than one might have expected. The complex arrangements, with so many interlocking voices, have the added benefit of cushioning Wilson's sometimes ragged but still expressive voice (by way of analogy, if not quite equivalence, think late Billie Holiday...
...Well, all fighters try to do something to your face. They hit you in the face; they elbow you; there's a lot of things like that. But you don't think somebody is going to bite...