Word: hauls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interests here are more philological than dramatic. All her various plots underscore the mixed blessings of language, its power to obscure as well as reveal, to enslave as well as liberate. The subject is certainly worthy but not perhaps sufficiently vivid to propel readers through a long, long literary haul. Byatt writes beautifully, and passages of this novel come to brilliant life. But the net effect of the whole, as opposed to the parts, seems to be every bit as cacophonous as the original Tower of Babel...
...particular interest or obsession. Nor were most of them there in the hope of turning a profit later on their acquisitions. Bruce Wolmer, editor in chief of Art & Auction magazine, says of the high-priced Jackie items, "Most of them will probably not hold their value over the long haul. They won't lose it completely; they won't go back to being $150, say. But a couple of years down the road it will be very hard for people to get all of what they've spent on this...
...still here. Given all the recent goings-on, the story I came to cover seems almost cliched: a heavily armed survivalist cult, the Church Universal and Triumphant, was preparing to ride out Armageddon in the mountains north of Yellowstone Park. The roads were clogged with supply-filled U-Haul vans. In Livingston, the town where I now live, the store shelves had been cleared of staples from tampons to dried beans to rifle shells. The locals were scared, and there was talk of violence. As the appointed day drew near, I heard dark rumors of tanks along the highway...
...Tumulty notes that Dole will not compromise on welfare reform and tax cuts aimed at families with children. A presidential veto on these issues might even serve to underscore the basic differences between Dole and Clinton on issues Clinton ran on in 1992.Buchanan and Forbes in for the Long Haul...
...other hand, there is still plenty of momentum for Buchanan, whose active faction of supporters have donated large sums of campaign funding and plan to keep him in the race for the long haul...