[00:00]sheer

[00:03]It is sheer luck that there have not been horrific

[00:06]episodes as lunatics of all stripes and persuasions seize an

[00:11]opportunistic benefit to these lunatic checkpoints.

[00:15]steer

[00:17]Much of the language used to describe monetary

[00:20]policy, such as "steering the economy to a soft landing"

[00:25]or "a touch on the brakes" ,

[00:27]makes it sound like a precise science.

[00:31]sneer

[00:32]President Bush and his top aides may sneer and try

[00:36]to isolate Iran but the Islamic Republic is waiting to see

[00:41]how their successors approach the world, particularly the

[00:44]Middle East.

[00:48]giggle

[00:49]She lets out something you've never heard from her

[00:52]before, at least not on TV: a tremendously long and highpitched

[00:57]giggle, like one that would come from a girl about

[01:00]a half-century younger.

[01:02]smuggle

[01:05]Sources with knowledge of the discussions before the

[01:08]decision said the mood among security officials was sober

[01:12]and they had not been as worried as they had been during

[01:15]recent terrorist crises, such as the disrupted 2006 plot to

[01:21]smuggle liquid bombs aboard planes.

[01:25]juggle

[01:27]It was, if you recall, that time of the year, and I was

[01:30]juggling two kids and work deadlines stacked like planes

[01:34]in a holding position above Heathrow.

[01:38]grain

[01:40]Many shippers complain that for heavy bulk

[01:42]commodities traveling long distances, such as coal,

[01:46]chemicals, and grain, trucking is too costly and the

[01:50]railroads therefore have them by the throat.