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...National Governors' Association. While the U.S. should not return to "the pork barrel and grant-in-aid grab bag" that had characterized federal-state relations in the 1970s, Snelling said, neither should "our sacred union of states become a confederation of competitors in which only the footloose can flourish." He assailed Reagan's contention that a person who does not like governmental programs in one state should "vote with his feet" by moving to another. He also criticized the President's argument that using federal funds to aid particularly poor localities was a breach of the Constitution...
...jasmine." Sometimes the exaggerations that are inherent in Arabic can be dangerous. Saudi Arabia's late King Saud once told a visiting group of Palestinian journalists that "the Arabs must be ready to sacrifice a million lives to regain the sacred soil of Palestine." It was rhetoric, a flourish; Arabs hearing it would no more take it literally than would an American football crowd hearing "Rip 'em Up, tear 'em up." But the words made headlines all over the world as a statement of bloody Saudi intent...
...show's greatest strength. At times it goes too far, as with the cast's steadfast refusal to give the graceful 17th-century lines any more emphasis than they would modern English. Despite the modern clothes, the translation of pounds to dollars, Sheridan's language deserves the flourish and emphasis of the Old World; without it, only the verbosity carries through...
...such stories survive, even flourish, in an age of science and cynicism? Many of them, says Brunvand, serve as cautionary tales, sermonettes on the evils of, say, parking in deserted lanes or buying cheap imported goods. Others are inspired by suspicion of change-of microwave ovens or fast-food restaurants. Writes Brunvand: "Whatever is new and puzzling or scary, but which eventually becomes familiar, may turn up in modern folklore...
Valenzuela fanned Lou Piniella to end the game with a flourish as the crowd of more than 56,000--the most in Dodger Stadium history--exploded in tribute to their chubby hero...