Word: anointed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...just because Nichols was gone did not mean that Capp would be elected to succeed him. Glazer and his allies had to act quickly to anoint Clay if he were to be elected...
...care that you heard of them first. Personally I like to see talent rewarded with radio play and airtime on music networks. I’d rather America’s youth grow up on organic stuff like the White Stripes than the next shrink-wrapped commodity the labels anoint for pop stardom. And it’s good to see bands make it on the quality of their songwriting, not the brand of cigarette they smoke. The Postal Service is doing something new and different to spread their music without losing one speck of artistic control. More power...
...battle for control of the streets. Indeed, the "sovereignty" that is to be transferred is distinctly limited - effective control of the country, and even of its newly minted security forces, would remain in the hands of the U.S. military commander rather than whatever government structure the U.S. opts to anoint. And if the day-to-day reality of Iraq is shaped by the clash between the U.S. military and rebel militias, an interim authority may begin to look irrelevant...
...have offered us years of uninspiring “opposition.” Which is why the party was so thrown into such a tizzy when Al Gore ’69—a leading light among centrist Democrats—descended from on high this week to anoint Howard Dean...
...While it may stretch the limits of adolescence to anoint a 78-year-old as Asia's new comeback kid, there's little doubt that India's once fading leader has returned with a bang. Abroad, he's never been so well received: before clinching the landmark deal with China, Vajpayee made a whirlwind tour of Russia, Germany and France for bilateral talks on the sidelines of this summer's G-8 summit. For the third time in his six-year term, he's expending political capital to try to make peace with neighboring Pakistan. At home, Vajpayee's star...