Word: aptly
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...Zermatt action was an apt precursor to Manser's last stunt, a 1999 flight above the Sarawak capital of Kuching in a motorized hang glider. It was another desperate move by a man who was increasingly becoming irrelevant. His numerous letters to the Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud pleading reconciliation or offering to fund a mobile dental clinic for the Penan were ignored...
...Shadows" was an apt title for your article on the initiative to grant amnesty to illegal Mexican immigrants working in the U.S. This proposal has brought the issue of the undocumented worker into the light. The unprivileged workers who impact Americans' daily lives deserve the rights and living conditions that most U.S. workers enjoy. Let's force one of America's shames out of the closet and keep the issue in the light. RODOLFO CONTRERAS Houston...
When White House budget director Mitchell Daniels testified before the Senate Budget Committee this spring, he brought along a plump apple pie--an apt symbol for the government's bountiful budget surplus, then estimated at some $275 billion. But when Daniels appeared before the panel last week, his estimate of the spare cash fell as low as $160 billion. The committee's new Democratic chairman, Kent Conrad, served some baked goods too. He gave Daniels a modest pear tart with the words "shrinking surplus" inscribed in frosting...
...called himself Free, an apt name for an anarchist. And he stood tall in court as he explained why he had torched a Chevrolet dealership, incinerating three sport-utility vehicles. "I didn't do this because I enjoy property destruction," he said. "I did this because I'm frustrated that we are doing irreversible damage to our planet...
...country had Elvis lookalikes; we had Frankie Avalon clones. Of course, the kids had to be dolled up - they were in show business! And they acquired something like the young luster of Annette Funicello on another ABC afternoon attraction, "The Mickey Mouse Club." (Annette would have an apt, attractive fit with the Philly paisans.) The featured dancers on "Bandstand" received more mail than most Hollywood stars: 45,000 letters a week. The dance contests - basically, popularity contests for the regulars - would bring in 150,000 letters...