The political Magus who ushered in our new muddier era was Lee Atwater, best known for engineering George H.W. Bush's win in 1988.
According to one version of events, she chose a different route home to her friends along the towpath to avoid getting her new shoes muddy.
In broader terms, the new analysis muddies the already murky issue of just how diet affects heart-disease risk and health in general.
Video shot by The Estes Park News showed muddy water churning through downtown.
Over the past 30 years, immigration has transformed these once working-class Labor heartlands into modern Australia's new frontier and muddied their political allegiances.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who is to remain in the new administration, muddied the current debate about Guantánamo by saying last week that closing the detention camp was a priority but adding, "I think some legislation probably is needed as part of it".
This was The New Yorker in muddy boots rather than penny loafers.
Previous owners had repaired wings and other extremities on animals, angels and cherubs, and slathered muddy new paint on clothing.
Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Doug Mills/The New York Times Muddy walking areas near the ski jumping site in Whistler, British Columbia.
Now the Environmental Working Group, a Washington outfit known for its work on agricultural issues, is calling attention to the lingering problems with a new report titled "Muddy Waters".
