Word: messes
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...Paul, Minn., technicians and musicians jostle with actors decked out for such roles as a radio host, a country-music singer, a rope-twirling cowboy, a 1940s-era private eye and the Angel of Death. "O.K.," Altman booms, "let's see what we can do with this ... this mess. I'm just going to sit here and watch." Before the cameras roll, he adds, not entirely jokingly, "Everybody fend for themselves...
...sequel, We Love Katamari (coming Sept. 7 for PlayStation 2), doesn't mess with success. You're still a prince, still rolling up stuff into stars, but now it's, like, different stuff. There's a snow level, a classroom level and--ooooh--an underwater level. Like the original, it will be cheap ($29.99), charming and nicely nonviolent. And it will still make no sense whatsoever. --By Lev Grossman...
...bears are thriving, why mess with a good thing? The biggest reason is that an endangered- or threatened-species label was not supposed to be a permanent thing. A long-term goal of the federal act was to get animals to the point at which they could be removed from the list. In the case of the grizzly, the outlook is even brighter than the population numbers suggest. The original bear-recovery plan put together by the FWS called for a minimum of 15 cub-bearing females every year. Yellowstone easily exceeds that, averaging 40 for each of the past...
...Gush: "I don't want to see [the Palestinians] using my land or living in my house." The Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have been wrangling over the issue: both agree the Israeli houses should be destroyed but dispute who would pay to clean up the mess afterward...
...this is a messy dustbin of a language. You simply would not entrust the Russians with anything if you saw what a mess they have made of their tongue. It can be mildly interesting at times, but this too only for spectacle, the way people will stop and gawk at a train wreck...