Word: beastly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...want to plug or unplug anything, you have to turn the Cube upside down. Not only is this a royal pain in the rump--for its size, the Cube is a weighty beast (14 lbs.)--but it also means the on-off switch can activate again through contact with the desk...
...spray ammunition at a beast until he struck a haunch or horn or dewlap. And then he'd wear the poor thing down. The godfather of American conservation and founder of the national parks was capable of gleeful sacrilege and atrocity when he got the scent. In "The Wilderness Hunter," Roosevelt records this moment: "On the way an eagle came soaring over head, and I shot at it twice without success. Having once killed an eagle on the wing with a rifle, I always have a lurking hope that sometime I may be able to repeat the feat. I revenged...
...Conservative" - isn't exactly a teaser, but there's a few shining moments. This of Bush: "In a tribute to his political skills, delegates who described themselves as moderate viewed him as one, too, while self-described conservatives called him conservative." And here's the number of the beast: "Forty-two percent of Mr. Bush's supporters across the nation said they supported him with reservations. Only four percent of the delegates said they felt the same...
...river 13. "Later!" 14. The run-up to its election was tainted by violence 16. Bear up? 17. He's home at last 18. Applies with a Q-tip 20. U.S. Middle East mediator 23. Online brokerage firm that just went decimal 26. Nautilus sites 29. Stephen King beast 31. Day-__ 32. Prosecutors must tell his lawyer which nations they believe he tried to give nuke secrets 33. Clinton says Gore should not suffer for his "__" scandals 34. "__-la-la!" 35. Getting on 36. Footnote abbr. 37. Real bad 38. Louisville's New Vision Art Gallery is showing works...
...Plus, in text-only evasions like "I sure as hell don't recall having - I sure as hell did not have any conversations with anyone saying this is a fund-raising event," we are invited to imagine a fiery Al Gore, barely containing the seething beast within, ready to throttle these pesky lawyers that impugn his honor. Could this be the alpha male veep we've been hearing so much about...