Word: actioner
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...loss of 34 yards. Nwokocha had a10-yard run but netted one yard on his three othercarries. Senior running back Troy Jones made hisfirst appearance of the year after a preseasoninjury and rushed twice for one yard. Juniorfullback Damon Jones also returned from apreseason injury for limited action, but he didnot touch the ball...
...loss of 34 yards. Nwokocha had a10-yard run but netted one yard on his three othercarries. Senior running back Troy Jones made hisfirst appearance of the year after a preseasoninjury and rushed twice for one yard. Juniorfullback Damon Jones also returned from apreseason injury for limited action, but he didnot touch the ball...
...other action this weekend, Fairfield went 4-0, while Brown equaled the Crimson...
While corporate welfare has attracted critics from both the left and the right, there is no uniform definition. By TIME's definition, it is this: any action by local, state or federal government that gives a corporation or an entire industry a benefit not offered to others. It can be an outright subsidy, a grant, real estate, a low-interest loan or a government service. It can also be a tax break--a credit, exemption, deferral or deduction, or a tax rate lower than the one others...
Which poses the larger threat to democratic institutions: terrorism or the hysterical response to it? This is not the sort of question you normally expect to be addressed in a big-budget action movie. Nor do you expect it to be answered ultimately with a ringing endorsement of the Bill of Rights, since this is an inherently reactionary form, one that tends to favor a muscular approach to crisis management over more reasoned ones, if only because there is more visceral drama to be found at the end of a pointed pistol than in a pointed argument...