Word: angler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...democratic work environment that is welcome for Democrats as well as Republicans," he said last week. "We'll show ((the Democrats)) our good grace, and their worst fears will not be realized." But Democrats may wonder: Is that a genuine offering or an appetizing lure trolled by a crafty angler...
What you might have seen at Lollapalooza in the summer of 1991 was no fluke. Ice-T, infamous hard-core rapper from south central Los Angler stole the show because his hardcore band, Body Count, kicked butt. They were the best act on the whole tour...
...right base for such ventures is a handsome and well-run lodge on Ambergris Cay called El Pescador, which has all the best guides -- and a welcoming committee of two ospreys that have built their nest above its pier and greet the arriving angler with shrill wheep-wheep-wheeps of alarm. El Pescador was built by a German, Juergen Krueger, and his Wisconsin-born wife. They started it about 18 years ago, when no sober carpenter could be hired on the cay. Much of the work, from laying cinder blocks to routing the panels in the heavy mahogany doors...
This is probably the only kind of fly-rod fishing that causes more distress in the angler than in the fish. No other angling contains such extremes of frustration and exhilaration. One hears middle-aged enthusiasts declare it to be "better than sex." Perhaps not, but the two activities have something in common: the first try is an embarrassment; everything goes wrong. With tarpon, however, it keeps going wrong...