Word: swamp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with America," the Republicans will say: we promised to do 10 things and we did them, or at least we came close. They will argue that they have shown how Washington politicians can effectively serve the public interest-even as they continue to argue that Washington is a fetid swamp that infects all who enter it, and that the Federal Government can do nothing right. It's a tricky double sell, but they may pull...
Landscapers said yesterday that the new arrivals include a wide range of trees and shrubs which will bloom within the next several months: red maples, honey locus, madasequoia, swamp white oaks and dogwood magnolias...
...exposed. Paul longs to be the Kittredges' son and spiritual heir while Ouisa needs the genuine emotional connection which she and Paul share. This extended scene is the production's greatest triumph, never succumbing for a moment to the maudlin and vaguely mystical undertones which constantly threaten to swamp Guare's dialogue There is a good deal of symbolism at the send involving a double-sided Kandinsky, which one struggles to resolve into some kind of coherent meaning, but this production wisely downplays it as much as possible, allowing the genuine emotions to take our full attention...
Deep inside each consensus-building, big-tent Republican running for President lies the awful knowledge that one false step into the swamp of abortion politics can drown you. Say anything but that you are pro-life in the primaries and you will lose the nomination, but scare the pro-choicers and you may lose the election. So what's a candidate to do? Robert Dole, Phil Gramm and Lamar Alexander all claim the pro-life label, but not the mantle. They wrinkle their noses, say they personally don't like abortion-as if a personal preference substitutes for a clear...
...light of these and other pieces of evidence, Hopke and Pidot continue to maintain that their publication is not in trouble. Please, gentlemen, give us some credit. If you think we're that gullible, you should try selling us parcels of Florida swamp land, or, better yet, some advertising space in the Salient...