Word: toads
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...Wind in the Willows, Mr. Toad romances his gypsy cart until he is transformed by the sight of that splendid innovation, the motorcar. The gypsy cart is forgotten--is junk. We are all Toad. We need the sobering voice of Mr. Badger to talk us down from our manias...
...though: Don't put your absolute favorite band in there. At least, not at first. I love Dire Straits. It was a little unnerving to be told what musicians share Dire Straits' musical characteristics. I can handle Robert Cray and Nils Lofgren, but Billy Joel and Toad the Wet Sprocket? Skip...
FORGET THE "HAPLESS TOAD...
...Supreme Court in two cases to narrow the grounds on which environmental groups could sue the Federal Government. What has the greens most worried is a dissent filed by Roberts on a request for a rehearing by a California real estate developer in a case involving the threatened arroyo toad, protected under the Endangered Species Act. Roberts argued that the plaintiffs should at least be granted a second hearing by the full court because the Constitution's commerce clause, which says Congress may pass laws controlling interstate commerce, was being misapplied; it does not authorize Congress to pass laws protecting...
...Teeth fly upward in slo-mo; then a Road Runner--style chase zips by in superspeedy-mo. The Pig Sty denizens have the resilience of Warner Bros. cartoon characters: lips, throats, bosoms expand to gargantuan size, then snap back. Punctuating the mayhem are sound effects (mooing, clucking, cat mewls, toad croaks) worthy of a Spike Jones symphony...