Word: messing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discussing milder presidential punishments as if they were debating different models of a new car. Formulations like "censure," "censure plus," and "censure with teeth" came in and out of fashion. With Gingrich out, Hyde's committee in obvious disarray and Livingston showing no stomach for dealing with the impeachment mess, the troops had no leader to guide them. But before the agitated Republicans could flee the House in a stampede, DeLay, the third-ranking Republican and the man whose job it is to round up votes, started nailing the exits shut. The Constitution allows one option, he said: impeachment...
...Coordinating schedules is a mess," she said. "But my thought was that because these people are so good, if they had just looked at their music, then we'd be fine as an ensemble...
While indoor intermission is a mess, something must be said for Phish's light man, whoever he is, for making everyone feel like they were taking hallucinogens, and for making those crowd members who were feeling psychadelic very, very happy. The light show itself was almost worth the waiting and pushing that it took to get into the building, but not quite...
...children's book would be merely a paragraph of declarative sentences without the art: the most important part of the stew. Although there are as many illustration styles as there are ways to mess up a room, Wade Zahares' work looks fresh and sprightly, perhaps because this is his first book for kids. There's nothing to the story: a girl and her mom go to the city on a train and pass a whole lot of scenery (or window music). But the densely colorful, chalky pictures make the story a journey worth remembering. No wonder kids love trains...
...whole, the premise that technology got us into this mess and technology will surely get us out seems to be a dubious proposition. But if you had your druthers, wouldn't you really want to see the biologists backed up by engineers? Rachel Carson backed by Will Carrier: The Chief really did know how to get things done. Molly Ivins' latest book is You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You. She lives in Texas