Word: back-door
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...Farni was just a huge play,” Stone said, “regardless of whether the puck ended up going in the net or not.” Johnston, a third-line winger, had a goal of her own in the second period, scoring on a back-door pass from co-captain Jennifer Sifers.“To see that tic-tac-toe play…motivates everyone to get going,” Martin said. “It’s plays like that that make a big difference out here.”LETTING...
...emphatically repeats that “every time you hear the rolling thunder, you turn around before the lightning strikes.” So maybe she’s a back-door woman. That’s mildly interesting. And yet, a tad unnecessary. If this is meant to be as simple as “you ignore bad stuff whenever you think it’s coming and that’s a bad thing,” she should dump Armstrong and find a new boyfriend. And if it is meant to be a reference to the weather...
Eight families are now suing the Dover school district over its decision to force science teachers to read the now-notorious intelligent design statement, correctly claiming that the statement amounts to a back-door inclusion of creationism in the science curriculum. Their stance is commendable, but it may not be enough to reverse the medieval trend of false science across the country; the Bush Administration now supports including both intelligent design and evolution in science curricula...
...college population of more than 1 million--got reduced rates last year. Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that favors tighter immigration rules, says it is more a matter of principle: "Extending in-state tuition is a way of legitimizing their presence. It is back-door amnesty...
...January 2002, he blasted the anonymous donor arrangement with MIT as an “uncomfortable, back-door policy inconsistent with transparency...