Word: thicket
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...nonsentimental environmentalism is one founded on Protagoras' maxim that "Man is the measure of all things." Such a principle helps us through the thicket of environmental argument. Take the current debate raging over oil drilling in a corner of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. Environmentalists, mobilizing against a bill working its way through Congress to permit such exploration, argue that we should be conserving energy instead of drilling for it. This is a false either/or proposition. The country does need a sizable energy tax to reduce consumption. But it needs more production too. Government estimates indicate a nearly fifty-fifty...
...subject of the French bureaucracy, Disney executives sound decidedly less bullish. For example, when Disney executives requested an extension of local water service to their park area, they had to seek about a dozen official approvals and clearances. To help navigate this sensitive thicket, Disney hired local consultants familiar with the rules of the game. Says Euro Disneyland president Robert Fitzpatrick: "Form is very important in France, much more so than in the U.S. You have to be sure you contact the right person and don't overlook someone...
...showdown in the Persian Gulf has touched off a panic. In a month, investors in the U.S. have lost more than $600 billion. -- California debates a thicket of environmental proposals...
...subject to strict Government regulations. If they tout a drug by name for a particular illness, they must include a thicket of fine print listing "contraindications" and "adverse reactions." Such verbosity is impractical on TV, but a few companies have sidestepped the problem by keeping their messages simple enough to be within the rules. Marion Merrell Dow, for example, has run TV ads for Nicorette that avoid mentioning what the drug...
...huge array of electronic gear. Normal is 17. The plane's 238 miles of wire is more than twice that in a commercial version. The big delivery delay occurred when Boeing engineers in Wichita, after installing most of the wiring, were worried about electromagnetic interference in such a thicket. They pulled 20% of the wiring out, went on overtime and rerouted the cables. With all the fancy equipment on board, the Federal Aviation Administration imposed special safety requirements that added to the burden. And almost everybody else with an interest in the plane -- Secret Service, National Security Agency, Signal Corps...