Word: thickest
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...fronted a band and sailed through such signature tunes as Let's Dance, Stealin' Apples and King Porter Stomp. The years had not diminished him much. There was the same smooth finger work, the same rhythmic assurance, the same heady, insistent, sweet tone that could cut through the thickest arrangements and roughest riffs. ''I just don't think I ever lost my enthusiasm for music,'' he said, but he did not have to put it into words. His real voice was his clarinet, which proclaimed his unmistakable passion with every note it sang, sang, sang...
...threat posed by explosively formed penetrators, a new and insidious type of roadside bomb that Iraqi insurgents - allegedly with help from some forces inside neighboring Iran - are using more frequently against U.S. vehicles. An EFP uses an explosive charge to send a molten slug of copper through even the thickest armor. "If the use of EFPs becomes widespread," the CSBA report warns, "any advantage the MRAPs have against earlier forms of IEDs may be irrelevant...
...there, the production has sidestepped all the problems of making the music carry the plot by keeping the 17-strong cast and band onstage throughout. Between them, in thickest Jamaican patois and the merest whiff of ganja smoke, they summon the saucy spirit of the Kingston dancehall one minute, the legend of the outlaw the next. Best of all they rip through glorious renditions of hit after hit. Make room, Mamma Mia! For as sure as the sun will shine, The Harder They Come is gonna get its share...
...Angeles They're cute, furry, and when they're not chasing each other around kelp forests, they're floating on their backs like miniature teddy bears. Hunted nearly to extinction for their luxuriant fur--the thickest of any mammal's--the sea otters of California were making a comeback until they started mysteriously dying off. State wildlife officials recovered a record 281 dead otters last year, and this year looks to be even worse. Five or six wash up on California's beaches and rocks each week. In August alone, 28 dead otters were cast ashore, including an alarming number...
...Still, Italians are likely to barely notice the latest courtroom tussle. In a country where guilt is always relative, politicians tend to stick around through even the thickest mud. And most voters have long ago made up their minds that Berlusconi is either a crook or the victim of blood-thirsty prosecutors who want to usurp power from a democratically elected leader. The timing, so close to Berlusconi?s showdown with former European Commission President Romano Prodi, may actually help Berlusconi by convincing some of the relatively few undecided voters that there is indeed a political motive for the investigations...