Word: stink
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Intentionally or not, Johnson emerges as Branch's leading tragic figure. Unlike his privileged predecessor, the old Texas New Dealer knew the stink of poverty and racism. John F. Kennedy may have charmed the multitudes, but he did not impress King and other black leaders with his refusal to push hard for civil rights legislation. Johnson, a public relations catastrophe, did the right thing by ramming through the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The war, of course, would swallow his presidency and all other issues. That point is powerfully dramatized by the gathering of revolutionizing forces: television, the bringer...
...opponents, but what if the stakes are higher: the whole Congress? Abortion has long divided the Republican Party, and divided parties lose elections. When the 165 members of the Republican National Committee gather for their annual winter meeting this week in Palm Springs, Calif., they'll have a stink bomb on their hands--a resolution that would prohibit the R.N.C. from funding any candidate not opposed to partial-birth abortion. Bauer didn't write the resolution, but his politics inspired it. "This isn't a matter of ideology, it's a matter of human decency," says Colleen Parro, director...
...says you need to be sober to beat the Elis? (Don't they stink this year, anyway?) Dr. Know wagers that a stiff martini would chase away those pre-game heebee-jeebees faster than you can say "Crimson Sports Grille." Try asking your coach about it. I'm sure he will understand...
These paintings, however, had always been marked as part of the French retrieval effort. Why now, should there be a stink about unclaimed objects that belonged to Holocaust victims or even survivors who have not reclaimed their art in the last 50 years? Feliciano betrayed some the faulty logic of this hullaballoo in The New York Times article: "'I asked people why they never investigated,' Mr. Feliciano said, 'and they said they had more important things to deal with... They said they were so happy to live that they didn't ask for material things...
...Ravens (+5) over JETS: O'Donnell will crack under Parcells' heel. Dolphins (+2) over BILLS: Don't the Bills stink this year? Patriots (pick) over VIKINGS: Beat me again, Norse bastards. PANTHERS (-3) over Raiders: Remembering the wildcard. BENGALS (pick) over Chargers: Slim loves a loser. Rams (+3) over FALCONS: Just can't bet with Dan Reeves. Bucs (-4.5) over COLTS: Not this loser. 49ERS (-6.5) over Cowboys: Put the 'Boys to bed. BRONCOS (-9) over Seahawks: Last chance to cover, Elway. OILERS (+2) over Jags: Oilers are sending my kids to college. BEARS (+3) over Redskins: On a roll...