Word: agrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much the way that Uzis are safer only for the people holding them. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn't count the number of lungs damaged by ozone from automobile exhaust. The birds and seals suffering and dying along whatever pristine coast an oil tanker chooses to run aground on don't make the tally. But they are traffic victims, as surely as are pedestrians run over in a crosswalk...
Some Nicaraguans expect the new government to banish poverty by decree. They will be disillusioned by the time and exertion required to refloat an economy that has run aground. And Chamorro will not perform without error. She considers her mission divine but suffers from high-handedness and an aversion to criticism, no matter how well intentioned. Irritated by endless comparisons with Philippine President Corazon Aquino, another widow of a national hero, she has developed a response both disarming and revealing: "I would rather be thought of as a Latin Margaret Thatcher...
Hazelwood's lawyers contend that the Coast Guard, which has the responsibility to monitor ships in Prince William Sound, failed to warn the Exxon Valdez before it went aground. They also argue that Third Mate Gregory Cousins, who was in charge of the Valdez when the accident took place, was qualified to run the ship in the captain's absence. Finally, they may try to cast doubt on the widely held belief that Hazelwood was drunk at the time...