Word: railing
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...Never one to shy away from conflict, Helms has been more than happy to fight on issues he?s committed to. He has outraged critics by using his position to rail against "indecent" art, gays and lesbians and civil rights in general. He has enraged the Senate?s growing pro-globalization caucus by maintaining an unapologetically isolationist attitude. Most recently he galled abortion rights supporters by blocking payment of U.S. dues to the UN as a protest against funds sent to women?s health providers that, Helms argued, were ostensibly used for abortion education or the procedure itself...
...stood and lifted their poles as though for a joust. As soon as they could hook the side of the ship, they began climbing, the pilot accelerating in short bursts to keep the boat steady. In seven seconds, the first man was over the side and crouching by the rail, keeping watch. Five men followed and headed straight to the bridge where they took the captain and pilot hostage and cut the ship's communications before assembling the rest of the crew. The sailors' hands were slipped behind their backs into the handcuffs, which were then looped around their necks...
...floor any longer than they have to. But for Gary Condit, it may be the only sanctuary left. On Thursday afternoon, as the campaign-reform bill was crashing to earth, so did the rest of his life. At the back of the chamber, the California Congressman leaned on the rail, chatting and joking with the men and women who still treat him as a colleague. As the others wandered away one by one, Condit lingered for a while, all alone...
...people to Clowes' pessimistic universe of the lummoxes, schlubs, and dorks who made the Wendy's foodchain possible and who write "comix" review columns on "the web." Some may even wonder if by making a film the creators are implicitly entering the very universe of mass-cult they rail against in the picture. Fear not. Unlike those shrill, hard-sell teen comedies on the other screens, "Ghost World" never becomes the kind of empty, defensive snark-fest that it targets. Clowes and Zwigoff keep the organic pace of the original, and its empathic exploration of painfully changing relationships...
...floor any longer than they have to. But for Gary Condit, it may be the only sanctuary left. On Thursday afternoon, as the campaign-reform bill was crashing to earth, so did the rest of his life. At the back of the chamber, the California Congressman leaned on the rail, chatting and joking with the men and women who still treat him as a colleague. As the others wandered away one by one, Condit lingered for a while, all alone...