Word: sheep
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Talk about a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing. Thursday's surprisingly close abortion votes in the Senate rattled pro-choice groups and prodded presidential candidates to tip their hands on the issue. Even as the dust was still settling after a day of emotional arguments, senators approved Rick Santorum's (R-Pa.) measure calling for a ban on certain kinds of late-term abortions. The 63-34 margin was only four votes short of the majority needed to override Clinton's promised veto. Before abortion-rights proponents had a chance to process that close call, the Senate raised...
...Sensation," the Brooklyn Museum of Art's sprawling show of young British artists that has opened up the latest front in the culture wars, is a sheep in wolf's clothing. That was bound to be. Not even an ad man's dream of a drop-dead one-liner can hold its shock past the listener's double take. And "Sensation" is precisely that: a vanity showcase from the collection of British ad mogul Charles Saatchi--loud and "naughty" works juxtaposed with the occasional better one--that has generated more noise than it deserves...
...like," Abrahams said. This category includes everything from science to opera. Besides a number of science demonstrations, last night's ceremony included a four-act opera that mixed tunes from Carmina Burana and other operas into a story that examined the issues of cloning humans and sheep...
...thousands more had to be rescued from roofs and trees where they had been stranded by rising waters. But that was nothing compared with the havoc that authorities had feared. Floyd came on like a lion but ended up as a--well, not a lamb, exactly. Call it a sheep on steroids with a very bad attitude...
...lane road to Raglan, State Highway 23, ran through typically beautiful New Zealand countryside--gorgeous green hills spotted with sheep. The road wiggled its way toward the sea, through Mt. Karioi and Mt. Pirongia, two volcanoes which may or may not be active. My eyes were on the road--SH23's blind corners and steep drop-offs made me nervous and Kid Driver was trying to go faster. He passed three cars in one burst of bravado. I remembered the hostel owner mentioned that the trip to Raglan takes about 55 minutes. When I ran this estimate by my friend...