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In this election, gambling interests dropped $100 million on a single California ballot initiative, toppled governors in two states, and bought senators and representatives by the crate.
To ship a crate of lettuce across the country, a trucker needed permission from a federal regulatory agency.
Instead of noting that anybody who can control the week's news with a press conference, a foreign-policy announcement, and a tea with domestic dissidents is no lame duck, the pundits indulged in psychobiography: Clinton is frustrated because "the end is now in sight" for his presidency (O'Beirne ) and he has yet to establish his "legacy" (George Will, This Week ; Morton Kondracke, The McLaughlin Group ). Because they will be chewing on the legacy thing for three more years, the commentarians recently ordered a crate of dentures.
Sure, there are a few bad apples in every crate, and a few legitimate deep thinkers who sometimes get carried away.
striptiz uotur striptease water, a curious reference to maladroit, foolish individuals; kretenozavur cretinosaurus; boiler one whose head is full of bubbling hot water; sifon siphon, one whose head is like an empty tube; bushón fuse, from French bouchon cork; diaria diarrhea; loko from Spanish loco; galosh as in galoshes; kashón crate, from Italian cassone; lainer ocean liner, a pun on the Bulgarian word lainó scum.