Word: touched
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...escalated at a time dangerously close to the April 19 anniversary of the Waco debacle and last year's bombing in Oklahoma City, a red-letter date on the calendar of the extremist right. This time the FBI has been taking no chances. Trained negotiators have stayed in touch with the fugitives via a phone line that was kept operational when the regular lines to the house were cut off. The FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, an elite assault force involved in the Ruby Ridge shootings, has been on the scene but out of sight. To head up the bureau...
...going very slowly because we're not sure if it's booby-trapped," said a federal agent speaking on condition of anonymity. "We have an explosives ordinance team x-raying everything before we touch...
...light touch of the writing and directing of the film is crucial to its success. A film whose intentions are clear might have been doomed by didactic dialogue and heavy-handed direction. Thankfully, the message is obscured somewhat by the layers of the film. The Coens let the plot flow naturally, injecting virile doses of Minnesota wit at just the right times...
Although a truly primordial comet would tell them more about the original chemistry of the solar system, astronomers are still thrilled to see any comet this close. "We can't exactly reach out and touch them," says Green. "We have to wait for them to come...
MOVIES AND TV HAVE FINALLY DISCOVered that gays and lesbians are more than stereotypes and punch lines--although there is progress yet to be made. It's just proof that Pat Buchanan and his extremist cronies are profoundly out of touch with mainstream America. The world is changing, and it's leaving Buchanan, Limbaugh and the rest of the radical right behind in the past. SCOTT MILLER St. Louis, Missouri