Word: lashing
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...choice of Gingrich, a former history professor, may mean an era of confrontational politics in the House, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 258 to 174. By selecting the aggressive Gingrich over his mild-mannered rival, Illinois' Edward Madigan, House Republicans signaled that they want more lash in their whip. "We had a choice of being attack dogs or lapdogs," said a G.O.P. lawmaker. "We decided attack dogs are more useful...
...instead of selecting the MX or Midgetman, perhaps the President might be wiser to stay with the existing Minuteman. -- Why U.S. Jews are unhappy with the rigid policies of Israel's Yitzhak Shamir. -- House Republicans put some lash in their whip by electing contentious Newt Gingrich as their No. 2 man. -- The swain of cocaine: a DEA Don Juan made cases by making love...
...other campuses, where there have been flagrant instances of racism, it has not been difficult to draw students to AWARE-type events. Most undergraduates today are enlightened enough to lash out against racial hatred when it appears in highly visible forms...
...also quick to lash out as the debate grew fiercer, and, when accused of "sliming" a speaker with his criticism, responded, "I don't know what 'slime,' means--I didn't go to college...
...mulch pile, ignoring and thus revising the cultural demand for a golf green-neat lawn. Another cultural change would be required to get Americans to recycle 50% of their trash, as Japanese do. Cultural change is notoriously slow, but it might be speeded up in this instance by the lash of crisis. Americans have always treated garbage as something to be forgotten about the moment it is picked up from the curb. But the day may soon be coming when it will no longer be picked up because there will be no place to take...