Word: mud
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...campaign of Governor George W. Bush afraid that Steve Forbes will launch a round of attack ads like those that so damaged Bob Dole four years ago? Listen to Bush talk about why we're so cynical about politics. "I believe oftentimes campaigns resort to mud throwing and name calling, and Americans are sick of that kind of campaigning," he says, chatting with an unseen listener. "I'd like to run a campaign that is hopeful and optimistic and very positive." It's a textbook effort at inoculation. If you hear anything bad about me, the ad's subtext says...
...crash left their remains entombed in a 30-ft. by 40-ft. pit of muddy pasture. "It's like an archaeological dig," said Bob Benzon, the National Transportation Safety Board investigator leading the recovery. "We have to go down layer by layer." So far, the digging in the mud--and in the records of the jet and its flight--has only deepened the mystery of the tragedy...
...often recalled his childhood in a tiny village northwest of Beijing. Like most Chinese peasants of that era, Zhenbing's parents were too poor to buy coal. Instead, in a climate like Boston's, where winter temperatures often plunged below zero, they burned dried leaves to heat their mud hut. Their home's inside walls were often white with frost from November to April...
...angry caller rant for a minute or two") to how to fire an employee ("Get straight to the point when the person sits down in your office"). The Posts even offer guidelines for office gossip, which the authors believe is inevitable ("You could wind up covered in mud if you dish dirt about the wrong person"). The Posts also deal with private problems, like what you should do if a co-worker has bad breath or smelly feet. Their bottom line: etiquette is a fancy name for good behavior in the workplace...
...Disinter the shirt and soak it for three hours in a solution of diluted bleach. Do not agitate the water or remove caked-on mud...