Word: fuming
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When a new road is abandoned because some Maori say it will disturb a spirit monster, New Zealanders may fume, but they also laugh. When tribes use their influence to bog down development projects for years, public ire eventually fades. Maori claims to the nation's oil and mineral reserves stirred anger, but the Labour government's firm "no" ensured it was short-lived. Last year's claim to the seabed and foreshores was different. Instead of scotching it, the government offered a compromise, which Maori are still considering. Beach-loving New Zealanders were outraged - and they've stayed that...
...promise to sign an extension on the assault-weapons ban when it expires next year, while House majority leader Tom DeLay can make the gun lobby happy by suggesting, as he did last week, that no such bill will ever reach Bush's desk. And Democrats can fuss and fume over how Bush and the Republicans are trying to have it both ways--while quietly breathing a sigh of relief at being spared a vote that would expose the party's own divisions on the issue...
...would use X powers to evil ends and has a kung-fu cutie named Oyama (Kelly Hu) to kick start any fight. Stryker must contend with a late recruit to the coalition of the thrilling: Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming), whose powers include walking through walls, vanishing in a plume of fume and reciting the 23rd Psalm in a German accent...
...continues to focus on updating the campus’ buildings with more efficient digital energy systems, Phillips says they also look forward to tackling the problem of inefficient fume hood use, which is estimated to cost the College $100,000 each year...
With the help of Director of Building Maintenance and Operations Jay M. Phillips, Lichten focuses on improving energy efficiency in FAS’s mechanical systems, including the motors of ventilation systems and fume hoods—the fresh air exchange systems in laboratories—which Phillips says, “are the highest energy consumers” at Harvard...