Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wildlife set up a fund to compensate owners for their losses, and to date the group has paid out more than $21,000. But money isn't the only issue. "There's also the stress of not knowing if wolves are in the area and when they'll strike," says Vern Keller, 71, a rancher who has been in the business for 48 years. "It keeps us on edge all the time...
...first Clinton antagonist to be audited. So was Billy Dale, a chief figure in the scandal involving the White House travel office. According to the letter from the 21 Republicans, that audit looked fishy enough to begin with. According to the Washington Post, "Either lightning really did strike twice," they wrote, "or individuals within this government have grossly misused their authority...
...debate about where Morrison ranks among the other American laureates will probably simmer for years. Does she belong with Steinbeck and Pearl S. Buck, authors whose earnest social concerns and novels now strike most critics and readers as passe? Some reviewers have found Morrison's novels overly deterministic, her characters pawns in the service of their creator's designs. Essayist Stanley Crouch says Morrison is "immensely talented. I just think she needs a new subject matter, the world she lives in, not this world of endless black victims." But for every pan, Morrison has received a surfeit of paeans...
...home church in Louisiana. The hand was a gesture from the black dance thrown out in anger on some occasions, and joy on others. Words were shouted in encouragement: "Yes, tell it, brother!" Reverend Borders continued until the umpire, Almighty God, had called the Devil out at the third strike. Then Borders launched into a litany of calling things out: "Slavery," he shouted, "You're out!" "Segregation," he roared, standing over home base like the umpire...
Kaczynski Plea: Strike Two Prosecutors have reportedly turned down another plea bargain by Ted Kaczynski, but the Unabomber trial remains a trap both sides might like to escape...