Word: gunning
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...voice of the Pope. Not very expressive, but the Spanish he spoke was well turned and clearly enunciated. In a matter of seconds he communicated his special, penetrating, transcendent warmth. Close-up we could see the ravages of his apparent affliction (Parkinson's), his age (77) and his gun wound (1981). The cumulative result of it all is a stoop and the listless expression on his face--the hangdog look. But then intermittently the great light within flashes, and one sees the most radiant face on the public scene, a presence so commanding as to have arrested a generation...
Hubbard, selected to the World Team, is a tremendous finisher who scored the winning overtime goal in the NCAA championship two years ago. He possesses a naked gun, one of the most powerful shots in the collegiate game...
Guess what? No longer do "sensitive musicians" have to use words to emote. Add a few Der Fuhrer-esque samples and some pregnant silences, toss with machine-gun beats, and you're the new alternative for teenagers who "feel so alone...
...friend's father. Standing in front of the mirror, I'd practice saying "Sho, shweethaht" in my best Bogie voice. I carried a pen and pad everywhere and made notes on suspicious individuals (including my eighth-grade science teacher); I bought clothes based on whether you could conceal a gun in them...
...Naturally, the NRA interprets this ban on such sports-utility Uzis as a "war on America's law-abiding gun owners." Not that Clinton's order came as much of a surprise: A temporary ban on "cosmetically modified" assault weapons was first instigated last November, pending Treasury Department review. And that in itself was little more than an extension of the 1994 Crime Bill ban, from which Clinton and Gore have gotten a lot of mileage. But it's not all bad news for semiautomatic addicts -- the .308-caliber Vepr, a modified AK-47, made it through review to remain...