Word: blanks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Geithner's early-February policy speech, which got a poor reception, would have gone better and had more detail if he'd had more meetings with financial executives. Geithner, though, didn't want it to seem as if Wall Street was getting the chance to write its own blank check. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
...Devaney won't have a lot of time to get situated in his new position; states will receive the first stimulus funds on Wednesday. Obama has already warned governors that the stimulus money is "not a blank check" and that he plans to treat misappropriations harshly. If Devaney's history is any indication, Obama has found a watchdog quite capable of letting him - and the public - know about any malfeasance...
Carroll took charge for the remainder of the period, getting his right pad on an attempt from point-blank range...
...desert was the largest to pass through that region. [SEE CORRECTIONS BELOW] But you’d never know it. Most of the shots in “Journey to Mecca” are dialogue shots—closed in on Ibn and his companion—or utterly blank desert topography, which could basically be filmed anywhere. Viewers expecting to be overtaken by breathtaking Arabian vistas on a “Planet Earth” scale will be more than disappointed. They’ll be bored...
...quietly startling things like "We will listen. We will consult." And "We will strive to act preventively, not pre-emptively." And "America will act aggressively against climate change." He offered an unclenched fist to Iran and a willingness to push "the reset button" with Russia. (Read "Europe: No Blank Check for Obama on Global Security...