Word: parapets
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...against an adversary like fire. He made some spectacular rescues, including a courageous save as a lieutenant in 1991 on the roof of a midtown office building: Brown and two of his men held an inch-thick rope in their bare hands and, straining and skidding toward the parapet, lowered two fire fighters, one at a time, down into black, billowing smoke; each man grabbed a panicky victim from a windowsill perch. The lunchtime crowd below went wild with relief...
...spend more on education and still give the Pentagon $18.4 billion extra next year for a national missile defense. And it may be a good idea to dip into the fund to help stimulate the economy. But so far, the only politician to stick his head above the parapet and say times have changed and so should our minds is Sen. Pete Domenici, the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee. "What's wrong with using it for education," Domenici said last week. "I have now talked with 15 economists. None of them believe that is good economic policy...
...lately, especially in the Senate, some moderate Republicans are starting to peek their heads up from the parapet and talk about adding a "trigger" - essentially, that's the idea that if the surpluses don't materialize, the tax cut would be phased down for that year to avoid a budget deficit...