Word: stink
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dirty trick. But some enterprising Coloradans are striking back at would-be tree snatchers with a pungent recipe: fox urine, a drop or two of skunk essence and glandular extracts from cats, ferrets or muskrats. Sprayed on evergreens, the Scrooge Christmas Tree Protector, at $6 per pt., raises a stink to warn off tree rustlers. If a "Scrooged" tree is moved into a heated house, the putrid perfume gets really intense. How long before the scent wears off? Says Scrooge creator Major Boddicker: "For sure, by spring it'll be gone...
...guess because high school textbooks stink. Also, we are constantly told + that American students are even stupider than we thought. So I'm just dumping on the whole idea that we need to make our kids smarter, by putting out a book that will clearly not do that...
Tower: I'm damn glad you're sticking behind me, George. A while ago, I almost believed those press reports that you didn't think I had the discipline to manage Pentagon reform after I rammed Ron's defense buildup through the Senate. You know, George, if the stink about my seeing that Russian woman down in Houston taught me anything, it's that sometimes it's better to have a little restraint, even if it means turning down a piece...
...decision until someone with strong management credentials could be found to serve as Tower's deputy. But as reports circulated that Tower had been a paid consultant for several weapons makers and had a reputation for drinking, the drawn-out negotiations became embarrassing. "This thing is beginning to stink," admitted a Bush aide. Nearly all the signals indicated that Bush would eventually stand by his fellow Texan. Nevertheless, the hesitation revealed how uneasy the President-elect, his aides and most of official Washington have come to feel about Tower...
...there is no great mess. Charisma does not stink. The odors left by Iran-Contra, Pentagon scandals and other Reagan-era problems are mild--sour milk, not rubbish...