Word: lashing
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...don’t just lash out at everyone you can get your hands on,” he said. “It’s the difference between firing a rifle at a deer and firing a machine gun to hit everything...
...developing any kind of social life. While Griffin has been able to raise a healthy family, his relationship with his two daughters continues the theme of parents as a potentially destructive influence. His growing preoccupation with revenge pulls him away from his family, even causing him to physically lash out at his wife. This point is further emphasized when Little’s first piece of advice upon their meeting is to give himself wholly to his children. Nesbitt’s performance is extremely effective; his tics, shakes, and darting eyes build on one another until he seems...
...eaton manufacturing plant in Roxboro, N.C., makes a 3-in. gadget called a lash adjuster that keeps pressure constant on engine valves, increasing fuel efficiency. Last year Brian Whitfield, a supply-chain analyst at the factory, had plenty of work scheduling orders for raw materials, components and packaging. But with the collapse of GM and Chrysler, business ground to a halt, and when Whitfield arrived at his cubicle on Jan. 20, he found an e-mail from management announcing layoffs. He looked around and saw people leaving, carrying boxes. Then his boss called him into the conference room. "Basically...
...unilateral steps it has taken - like the Sept. 15 move to place the first-ever national limits on greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles - but that might not be enough. "U.S. negotiators have made it pretty clear they won't get ahead of the stated will of Congress," says Jonathan Lash, the president of the World Resources Institute. "Without action from the U.S., it's hard to imagine a comprehensive agreement in Copenhagen...
...cost of emitting CO2, helping homes and businesses figure out how much to invest in energy saving measures, they don't guarantee a drop in emissions. Cap and trade schemes, on the other hand, set the desired emissions level first. "If our aim is to reduce emissions," says Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute, a major Washington-based green NGO, "I'd go with the cap." (Read: "Greens Celebrate Cap-and-Trade Victory - Cautiously...