Word: blitz
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When President George W. Bush signed the “No Child Left Behind Act of 2002” in January, the occasion was met with fanfare so great that he held media-blitz rallies in three different states in one day to trumpet his new legislative achievement and to share the victory with the bill’s legislative sponsors, including Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass...
Seirawan, the top-ranked American player, may be the game's last best hope. One of the few voices of reason in a game full of mad geniuses, he has been circulating a compromise proposal: create separate world championships for classical, rapid and ultra-fast blitz chess and appoint a chess commissioner to mediate between players and organizers. His plan will be discussed at a players' meeting in Prague...
Wood, a Vanderbilt Medical School professor and vice chancellor for research, got a call from a White House official within days of the lobbying blitz and was told his nomination as the FDA chief was off. The official said opposition from drug companies and conservative media had snuffed his chances, a source tells TIME. Wood, who sits on an FDA advisory panel and the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine, wouldn't comment on his aborted appointment, except to note, "Drug safety is an issue that everyone should embrace...
...CAMR’s behind-the-scenes efforts in D.C. were hardly the catalyst for the media blitz that ensued...
...from Queen Elizabeth for his leadership on Sept. 11 and its aftermath. But U.S. citizens, unlike subjects of the Commonwealth, don't kneel before the monarch, and so Rudy stayed upright. Giuliani received a silver cross and a star pin, but despite being compared to Winston Churchill during the blitz, he is not entitled to affix an official "Sir" before his name. Later he and his companion JUDITH NATHAN took in the sights and met Prime Minister Tony Blair. Visiting with members of Parliament, Giuliani offered some tips on how to combat London's rising crime rate. With few squeegee...