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The images flow thick: Whitman, baseball cap and all, mingling easily at what looks like a transportation event ("what she does, she does to help New Jersey"); Whitman behind a sign that trumpets her "Work First" program, then a shot of her hugging a politically correct mix of kids ("she loves this state").
R.M. Alexander's response (Nuisance dust better than no jobs, March 2-3, 1996) to concerns raised about dust generated by a local mining operation reply in large part on irrelevant ad homonym tactics by conjuring up the Sierra Club, their tree hugging ilk, and mining jobs lost to communities elsewhere.
You can stay up as in keeping awake, or stay down as in hugging the boxing ring mat for fear of your opponent, yet to stay up can be the opposite of to stay down—it just depends on the context.
Second, it's gratifyingly symmetrical, with the two consonants hugging that number in the middle.
Bay Street runs along the harbor-front, where you’ll find a small straw market — five or six colorful stalls hugging the beach — and the tourist office at the end of the jetty.