Word: snarl
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...more simply the pleasures of that word tamer. "Every writer and artist wonders what in the world people of other professions can find to live for. This is the great advantage they possess, which more than makes up for the little they usually earn." The words may jump and snarl, snap and bite when Brenan sits down at his own desk. But when they march onto his page, they almost always perform marvelous and original tricks. - Gerald Clarke
Schlesinger expressed concern that red tape would snarl proposals for pipeline construction. There is a "difficulty in getting anything done given the present rules in this country," he said...
...like the EPA and OSHA are concerned, even the most ardent deregulators want some rules to remain, admitting that it is impossible to put a dollar price on social welfare. But at the same time they argue that there are now too many silly, contradictory and ineffective rules that snarl enterprise in red tape. Above all, they see a need to identify and enact sensible changes that would allow regulation to achieve much the same social goals in a less wasteful way and with a much smaller damage to other, equally important economic goals, including job-creation...
...power can only delay a solution to America's energy problems. But even if this opposition ends, some positive action is also essential. If the U.S. is to be assured of energy for the future, the present nuclear licensing process must be sensibly simplified. It is a byzantine snarl that Boston Attorney Thomas Dignan describes as "a full-employment bill for lawyers." Dignan's legal work for the Seabrook plant has generated a 5-ft. shelf of transcripts from a state hearing, 20 3-in.-thick volumes of applications to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 13,522 pages...
When things just weren't clicking, Dylan used to rely on his rasping voice to carry him through the more strained lines-and it frequently worked. As instrumentals and background vocals become more predominant in Dylan's work, however, he can no longer side-step lines with a snarl. For example, the bouncy style of "True Love Tends To Forget" gives him no way to sing the lines "I saw you drift into infinity and come back again" without sounding stupid. In the worst songs of the album-"True Love," "We Better Talk This Over" and "New Pony"-the lyrics...