Word: bitefuls
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...skinheads savage Bernard when he visits Berlin to see the Wall come down. The novel addresses the depths of hatred and spite to which the world often descends. On a personal scale, the narrator himself is both protected by a benign intuition, which saves him from a scorpion's bite, and seized by loathing so intense that he quietly breaks a stranger's nose. In just such an unassuming manner, McEwan questions the forces that govern our lives. Can we really explain the twisted landscape of human history with the neat, scientific principles we have devised? Dare we do otherwise...
While most anti-Clinton lobbying groups are lying low (for now), the proposed bite on business meals is sparking a four-star effort by the restaurant association, which boasts a $21 million budget and one of the largest industry PACs in the nation. It will be a difficult souffle to concoct, since it's hard to find politicians willing to stand tall for $50 lunches. But a week before Clinton even announced his plans, the group persuaded Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich of Nevada, where expense accounts run wild, to sponsor a bill that would re-establish 100% deductibility. Hours before...
...beguiling owner, returns to the New York Yankees, 2 1/2 years after he was ousted as managing partner by Fay Vincent, then the commissioner. With Schott you got Schottzie 2, her drooling St. Bernard. But George needs no dog. He can growl at reporters, fetch overpriced free agents and bite the occasional manager. He can do everything but heel...
...TIME/CNN poll showed respondents approving the plan 62% to 27%. Clinton also got a boost from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, a stalwart conservative, who not only commended the President but also indicated that the Fed would cooperate by holding down interest rates to soften the bite of higher taxes. But the first barrage of phone calls to Congress was highly negative, and there is something in the plan to offend almost every interest employing a lobbyist with an in at a particular congressional committee. Budget Director Leon Panetta told the Washington Post that chances of congressional passage are only...
...pistols abound, as do the tools of their trade: roofing knives. In one case a roofer's throat was cut so deeply he was nearly decapitated. In another a roofer shot and stabbed a drifter 100 times. Soldiers who patrolled the area say they saw a roofer bite off another man's ear, then spit...