Word: spinelessness
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Twilly Spree has problems managing his anger--he blew up his uncle's bank--and he's hot on the trail of Palmer Stoat, a lugubrious Florida lobbyist who made the mistake of littering in Spree's presence. Throw in a spineless Governor, a sleazy real estate deal, a beautiful but dissatisfied young wife (that would be Mrs. Palmer Stoat), a thug named Mr. Gash and the eponymous ill canine, and you've got the ingredients for a hilarious novel that moves as quickly as untouched Florida shoreline is vanishing. Hiaasen's brand of storytelling--a blend of social satire...
...protesters at UCLA seemed disoriented by the show of courage by a university administrator. UCLA's Daily Bruin reported that one objector's sign taunted: "We love you Carnesale! Bruins for spineless bureaucrats." It seems these students myopically believed that having a spine meant agreeing with their own claims regardless of their validity...
...proved that the British people do not want a common currency or a European superstate. With a united party to back him, Blair ("I am a British patriot, first and foremost") will prove to be a much tougher proposition to Chancellor Kohl and President Chirac than the volatile and spineless Major. I said to Blair not long ago, "It may be your historic role to take Britain away from the European federation and towards a mere free-trade relationship." He replied, "I believe you may well be right...
...burned the letter. The 23-year-old college student also recalled a file labeled ATFREAD that her brother had left on her computer. It said government agents would "swing in the wind one day" for their "treasonous actions against the Constitution" and ended with the words: "Die, you spineless, cowardice bastards." Ms. McVeigh, who recently said in an interview she doesn't know if her brother is innocent, provided jurors with a mountain of circumstantial evidence that Tim was in the frame of mind to take revenge for the government's actions at Waco. Her composure disappeared in a grueling...
...free exchange of information. Pornography is not information. It is an insidious, infectious disease. Those who value the Internet's potential for building the global community should be at the spearhead of campaigns to defend the Net from antisocial perverts rather than burying their heads in the sand of spineless, amoral political correctness. Societies have always tried to legislate against behavior that threatens vulnerable groups of innocent people. Only criminals object to such laws. ALISTAIR MCNAUGHT Winchester, England...