Word: lurking
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...have this sense, perhaps born of Jaws in 1975 and nurtured by its three sequels, that sharks lurk in an area, waiting to eat us as revenge for Roy Scheider's oceanic wickedness. It's not true; sharks attack and move on. The shark that bit into Martin - probably a 15- to 16-foot great white, according to a marine scientist quoted in Sunday's San Diego Union-Tribune, was probably a bit dim. The animal likely mistook Martin, who was clad in a black wetsuit, for a seal. Some here are even wondering if, in a way, the seals...
...politely told to direct fluids into a hose leading downhill to a creek. Second, when going to the toilet--or anywhere away from the shelters of the camp's twin tents--always wear a helmet and body armor. Mortars drop from the sky without warning, and enemy snipers lurk along the rooftops and in the windows of nearby buildings. Despite the prospect of being shot, however, Rabiya is "the perfect spot," says Captain Peter Norris, commander of the roughly 30 U.S. troops manning the base alongside a similar number of Iraqi soldiers. Reason: "You don't have...
...names - I'm not kidding - was East Cheese. For the rest of the afternoon I worried that deep in the little store's past there had been a bloody war of secession from the autocratic West Cheese. Somewhere in the neighborhood, I feared, some disgruntled Curds might still lurk...
...African leaders like Tutu and Ghanaian President John Kufuor and by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer--to reach some sort of compromise. But the question of who would rule was unresolved, leaving many Kenyans worried that the furies unleashed by the stolen election would lurk close to the surface, ready to break out at any time...
...However, beneath the optimism exuding from these ‘dissidents’ there lurk very sinister premises that call their politics into question. Opposition to the Iraq War, when waged by the Democrats and their allies, has been scarred by its ‘imperiality’: Their activism has refused to recognize the occupation of Iraq as evidence of America’s hegemonic aspirations. In fact, liberal opposition typically enacts at least two imperial premises: first, that American lives and interests matter more than Iraqi ones, and second, that American foreign policy is generally benevolent. What opposition...