Word: ruckus
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...Spaniards protest too much? Many would argue that their situation is no worse than that in the rest of Europe, where the prosperous 1980s have evolved into the recessionary 1990s and the popularity of most governing parties is falling. But Spain's ruckus seems perversely timed: Expo has attracted about 7 million visitors in 10 weeks, Madrid is preening as this year's European Cultural Capital, and refurbished Barcelona is welcoming 7,000 members of the international media for the country's first Olympics. "It's good to be self- critical, " says Angel Luis Gonzalo, head of Spain's Expo...
...during our hike back toward the Ndoki River that we come upon the band of chimps -- an encounter Fay calls "the signal wildlife experience" of his 14 years in Africa. The ruckus the apes raise begins with threats and distress calls, but some of them seem to let out the hoots that chimps use to greet one another. I would like to think these chimps have the capacity to welcome the apelike aliens into their forest...
...results of the ruckus at Harvard over the April Fool's Day parody of a deceased faculty member are likely to be similar to those of a recent scandal that tarnished the reputation of another prestigious law school, Georgetown...
...somehow landed on 5,000 acres of wheat fields and beet fields in Marne- la-Vallee, 20 miles east of Paris. The attractions do not presume to explain Europe to Europe; instead they celebrate America the bland and beautiful, and reinvent it, Disney-style. Hence the transcontinental, cross- cultural ruckus...
...current ruckus may be more political grandstanding than a real threat to public TV's future. Despite vociferous attacks by Senate conservatives, led by Dole and Jesse Helms, proponents plan to bring the CPB funding bill back to the floor in the next week or so and are confident they can beat back any crippling amendments...