Word: rancorous
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...voice that could have made him unbeatable had he stayed in. "If he had shown that kind of heart for the past two years, Rudy might have been deciding today whether to run for President or Vice President," says Representative Gary Ackerman, a New York Democrat. Rudy without the rancor--what a concept...
...involves grandparents who are caretakers. Hardly the stuff a hypothetical Big Brother might like to know, but that hasn't stopped some politicians from raising a red flag over even the most innocuous questions. Mississippi senator Trent Lott and presidential hopeful George W. Bush have voiced particularly sharp rancor over what they term the "intrusive" questions in this year's long form (delivered to one in six U.S. households). Apparently, some people find the idea of disclosing their income level and commuting practices to the federal government to be wholly disagreeable, even though answers will be kept confidential for years...
President Clinton and the National Rifle Association have never enjoyed a warm and cozy relationship, but on Sunday the level of rancor reached new heights - a preview, perhaps, of the battle to come. ABC?s "This Week" aired an interview with the President in which he blasted the NRA's "ruthlessly brutal" tactics in defeating gun control legislation. After listening to the President's remarks, LaPierre fired back with a savage accusation: "I believe Clinton needs a certain level of violence in this country," the NRA official told a visibly startled Cokie Roberts. "He's willing to accept a certain...
...novel, Richard is a mirror of his author: a 20-something Brit drifting toward a bright sea with dark eddies. And there was a little rancor when Ewan McGregor, the Scot who'd starred in Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and A Life Less Ordinary for Boyle and Hodge, lost the role of Richard to a $20 million golden boy from Hollywood. But the book and the film, for all their differences, have the same point to make. This is a story about how young people with the best intentions can turn a jungle paradise (like Vietnam) into a nightmare war zone...