Word: asterisked
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...This seemed to be the sort of thing Dean practically never does--a descent into standard party cant. Democrats are almost always depressed about the economy and rarely obsessed by foreign policy. It was doubly odd because Iraq has been Dean's signature issue. He would probably be an asterisk today if he hadn't stepped out from the pack and opposed the war. And the election of 2004 is bound to be, in the end, a referendum on George W. Bush's historic pre-emptive decision to route the war on terrorism through Baghdad...
...this trend continues, we could see an Ivy League team ranked in the top five of the national polls in the not too distant future. If that team were unable to compete in the I-AA tournament, all hell would break loose. There would always be an asterisk by that year’s title, as everyone would be left to wonder if the Ivy powerhouse could have beaten the eventual champion. The other I-AA institutions would loudly criticize the Ivy League’s postseason ban as out-of-date and elitist. The NCAA would have a mess...
...might have seemed that Arnold Schwarzenegger got an enormous boost over the weekend when one of his best-known Republican rivals dropped out of California's wild gubernatorial race. But by the time Bill Simon exited, his poll numbers registered as little more than an asterisk in the crowded field. "Everybody had been surprised by [his poor showing], including him," says a G.O.P. strategist. Democrats, meanwhile, appeared to be gaining as they coalesced around what is known as the "no-yes" approach: asking voters to cast a ballot against recalling Governor Gray Davis but in favor of Lieutenant Governor Cruz...
Bajin’s undefeated streak ended against Arizona in the NCAA second round, a result that Graham said merits an asterisk because she was hampered by a back injury. She fell again in the Round of 16 to Stanford’s Alice Barnes, who was undefeated all season at No. 4 singles...
...injury front for Bajin. After an undefeated singles regular season, Bajin injured her back last Tuesday and played for just 30 minutes between then and Saturday’s NCAA match. She suffered her first defeat this spring against Arizona, a result that Graham says merits an asterisk...