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It growls and snaps at the air, and though it does manage to stomp one victim (who, in a nice touch, sticks to the bottom of its foot like a piece of gum), in general it moves with such a lumbering gait that we might as well be back in the '60s watching Valley of the Gwangi . Where is the lethal swiftness of the predator?
In places, Holbrooke's account reads like a self-nominating speech for secretary of state or the Nobel Peace Prize, distinctions for which his stomach audibly growls.
What to do when the bear growls?