Word: blanks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...hold her North Carolina Senate seat, Elizabeth Dole ran an ad predicting that "these liberals want complete control of government, in a time of crisis. All branches of government. No checks and balances. No debate. No independence." If Democrats like her opponent win, she warned, "they get a blank check." The rumbling started before the votes even came in: there was House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank talking about cutting military spending 25% and taxing "a lot of very rich people out there." Amnesty International set a deadline for closing Gitmo; the ACLU wants a complete review of watch...
...leading the Ivy League with a .929 save percentage coming into the game, stuffed a Big Green attacker on a breakaway with seconds left before the break. “It was excellent goalkeeping,” Leone said. “That was a critical point blank save. [Junior Lauren] Mann made another great save in overtime. Same kind of thing. It was an excellent game for both of them.” Dale recorded four saves in the first half, and Mann shut out Dartmouth while also making four saves in the second half and overtime...
...rise in symbols and iconography. All hail the celebration of ignorance and irrationality!In the same way George W. Bush did in 2000, country music stars who have pushed the limits on race, religion, and “patriotism” might consider a Republican victory a blank check from the Right’s majority to push the envelope a little more. Perhaps Toby Keith will go farther than simply writing and recording a pro-lynching song like he did earlier this year and actually incite the horrific violence that those in Faulkner’s era described...
...doing little to ease the credit crunch for U.S. businesses. The result, they say, is that many companies now struggling to get financing may soon be out of business. "In the past few weeks, lending has been getting tighter, not looser," says Larry Flick, a partner at law firm Blank Rome, which helps companies get financing. "All the moves the government is making to end the credit crisis may have a trickle-down effect, but I am not seeing...
Mann’s ability to consistently make point-blank and back-to-the-bar saves has also set her apart from other Ivy League goaltenders—the junior was selected the league’s rookie of the year in 2006 and to the All-Ivy Second Team a year...