Word: ribboning
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...south Plaquemines Parish, a sinuous ribbon of land between the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, not only were all the towns lost to Katrina's fury, but nature itself seems mortally wounded as well. The 30-mile strip of houses, farms and schools has been transformed into a sump filled with fetid water. Groves of orange trees lie half submerged near Triumph. In Empire, almost 1 million gallons of oil have broken out of a giant Chevron storage tank, coating the levees and seeping into the marshland. A herd of cows staggers ankle deep through greasy waters...
...Beyond Symbols of Support In his column "The Danger of Yellow Ribbon Patriotism" [Aug. 19], Joe Klein stated that there needs to be a public acknowledgment of the agony the war in Iraq has caused. He noted that our troops just want our support. But we Americans can't provide that by wrapping ourselves in the flag, listening to patriotic songs and labeling others un-American. We need to make sure the troops have the right equipment and protection while their families back home have assistance if they need it. If there aren't enough supporters of the war willing...
...would have been enough? What went on inside the minds of the police who killed Menezes? The public is entitled to be informed of all the details of this event. Axel Beselin Malveira da Serra, Portugal Beyond Symbols of Support In his column "the danger of yellow Ribbon Patriotism" [Aug. 29], Joe Klein stated that there needs to be a public acknowledgment of the agony the war in Iraq has caused. He noted that our troops just want our support. But we Americans can't provide that by wrapping ourselves in the flag, listening to patriotic songs and labeling others...
...Public Service Company shut down two aging hydropower plants that no longer produced much electricity and opened the gates of a small diversion dam that for nearly a century had shunted water away from Arizona's Fossil Creek, a spring-fed tributary of the Verde River. As a thin ribbon of water trickled through, Dr. Robin Silver of the Center for Biological Diversity cheered. "In four to five years, the whole face of this stream will change," he predicted. Among other things, Silver expects young cottonwoods to take root along the banks and native fish like speckled dace, roundtail chubs...
...used to be able to buy enough on Saturday to carry you through," said Betty Jane, "and he doesn't see why they still can't do it that way." She added, "But the most exciting thing in the paper will be that if you won a blue ribbon at the county fair, your name will...