Word: corralling
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...plot and headed toward the portables. We ended up five feet from the portables, but there was no way we were getting to them. Elevated flower beds, chain-rope fences denoting what-were-usually-walkways, and the placement of the facilites in question, had transformed the field into a corral. People were crammed against the sides of the bathrooms, some scrambling to escape the crush by climbing on top (to greater or lesser success), but most were pushing back against the incoming waves of would-be-pee-ers and the had-been-shoved. We were packed so tightly, caught between...
Bugging Out. If you think those skittering roaches in your apartment are speedy, corral 'em and take them Down Under for the Story Bridge Hotel's annual Cockroach Racing World Championships in Brisbane. The race, in honor of Australia Day, which is like Americans' Fourth of July, takes place on Jan. 26. Bring your own cockroaches or purchase one from the hotel. (Hmm, I wonder how they have so many to sell...
...Browner earned a tough reputation during the Clinton Administration. Industry advocates haven't forgotten, blanching at her appointment - Myron Ebell, director of energy and global-warming policy at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, called it a "most unfortunate decision" - but Browner's steel backbone will be needed to corral the many federal departments involved in climate-change action. "I think [the appointment] is a really good thing, because it really signals that this issue will be high on the list for the incoming Administration," says Claussen...
Tobacco, for example, is responsible for a third of cancer deaths in North America and Europe. Recent efforts to corral tobacco use by countries such as Scotland and Ireland, which banned smoking in bars, restaurants and public places, have led to significant drops in cigarette use and in hospitalizations for heart attacks. Any changes in the incidence of cancer, which takes longer to develop, may appear in coming years. A wide-ranging cancer prevention program adopted by the European Union in 1985 helped the continent avoid 98,000 cancer deaths...
...greatly impressed by his energy, intellect and sheer will. "It shows Obama is serious about getting things done and that he knows he doesn't have a lot of time to do it," says an Obama campaign insider. "And it shows that he realizes that he needs someone to corral the Democrats in Congress. If they're running off in all directions, Obama's agenda will go nowhere...