And it seemed to Katia that thedanceofdeath was not merely horrid but unjust terrifying because the lion was going to eat both the cow and the unborn calf.
If you were at a party or a sporting event or (seriously) even the Democratic National Convention, you were (by penalty ofdeath) required to dancethe Macarena.
As the last set of fiscal policy negotiations lead to the failure ofthe super committee and thedeathof Simpson-Bowles, trust in the fact that the government would not dance at the edge ofthe fiscal cliff has been compromised.