Word: mist
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What Fossey had was determination and emotional hungers that drove her to extremes. She told her story in Gorillas in the Mist (1983), a bold mix of field observation, adventure and ecological tragedy. The mountain gorilla was being pushed out of its habitat by human population growth. Poachers were trapping the creatures for zoos or killing them for trophies. Gorilla heads made unusual hat racks. The hands could be used for ashtrays...
...found him guilty in absentia. The judgment is questionable. Harold Hayes does not offer conclusive evidence about who committed the crime. It is enough that he has given us a picture of Fossey that is more complex than the ones offered in the film version of Gorillas in the Mist and in Farley Mowat's Woman in the Mists (1987). Hayes, former editor of Esquire, died last year of a brain tumor...
...personal, somewhat awkward but elucidating note: in 1984 Fossey wrote me that she had read my review of Gorillas in the Mist over the graves of Digit, Uncle Bert and Macho. "I could finally comprehend," she said, "that the gorilla individuals I had known and named over the years since 1967 might well become public figures, not on a rock-star scale, but renowned for their own worth, lamented for their loss." Postscript: Fossey is buried next to them...
...mace is powerful -- sometimes too much so. The chemical spray leaves damage in some cases, prompting lawsuits against the police and private citizens who use it. But now they are discovering an alternative called Cap-Stun, which can incapacitate attackers in a much more savory fashion -- by spraying a mist of cayenne pepper. The aerosol causes severe smarting of the eyes and prompts breathing spasms when inhaled. The well- seasoned criminal can be disabled for as long as 30 minutes...
Bush is a cautious politician dedicated largely to making relatively minor adjustments in the status quo. In his Inaugural Address he asserted that "there are times when the future seems thick as a fog; you sit and wait, hoping the mist will lift and reveal the right path." It is impossible to imagine Gorbachev uttering a sentence like that. He sees himself as a revolutionary shatterer of the status quo who would insist on pushing ahead through...