Word: anoint
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...reaction to Zubeidi's attempted putsch in Baghdad suggests that Garner's team is well aware of the risks in the U.S. being seen to anoint the man proclaimed by some Washington officials as "the only one." But the bigger question may be how they relate to the Shiite groups, who have until now kept their distance from Garner's efforts to muster a transitional authority...
Front running has its advantages--as long as you're not a Democrat. While Republicans generally anoint someone early, Democrats have a history of treating their early front runners like hors d'oeuvres. "I'm going to do everything in my power not to be the Establishment candidate," Kerry insists. But it's looking more and more as if the Establishment thinks otherwise...
...exquisite shade or the purple ooze of a rare sea snail or the red cochineal beetle that feeds off cactus. She traces why red ocher is sacred among Australian Aborigines, then jumps over to Renaissance Italy to muse on the unique blood-orange varnish that Stradivarius used to anoint his violins. Along the way, we learn that NapolEon could have died of arsenic poisoning from green wallpaper then in vogue. We are also taught that bureaucratic red tape comes from ribbons dipped in a safflower-red dye that were used to tie bundles of legal documents in England, and that...
...caves and tunnels. The main thoroughfare?the Naga superhighway, if you like?is said to run from Kam Chanode in Udon Thani province to Wat Paa Ahong, a temple on the riverbank more than 100 kilometers away in neighboring Nong Khai. Pilgrims, I was told, visit Kam Chanode to anoint themselves with water from the Naga's pond...
...Democratic Party did not anoint a candidate,” he said. “I think Shannon O’Brien and Chris Gabrieli are better candidates for going through it and becoming battle-ready...