Whence initial smarts develop over maturation.

Smarts

Sometimes [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugwump_%28disambiguation%29"]mugwumps[/URL][B]*[/B] aren't really that smart.

really

[B]*[/B] "Mugwump", a fictional creature created by William Burroughs in his 1959 book [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Lunch"]Naked Lunch[/URL] (also a group of renegade Republicans who bolted the party in 1884 [/I][U]because they considered the Republican presidential candidate to be corrupt,[/U] (incomprehensible as that might now seem.) They supported the Democratic candidate, Grover Cleveland, instead.

I remember my Dad saying that a mugwump was someone with his mug on one side of the fence, and his "wump" on the other.

Rich "explorers" aboard luxury liners yawn.

Aboard

Artful babies on a rug dance.

artful

A rising tide floats unwieldy lunkers.

Lunker

Large ungulates nastily kick erring ruminants.

erring

Extraordinary rendition risks incurring national grievances.

Nation

Negligent allegations tear into other nations.

allege

Accomplished local liars effusively gush extravagantly.

Excuse

Excluding xanthan cures unusual, specific eczemas.

eczema

Extraordinarily costly zealous entitlements: military aircraft.

Costly