Word: blowingly
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...striking. So much so that the question arises of whether the leadership in Beijing can avoid the pitfalls that seriously weakened the Generalissimo's regime before its eight-year war with Japan began in 1937, and before the subsequent civil war with the communists dealt it a death blow...
...Remember how President Bush?s father played golf? That insane speeding through the links where he?d blow through 18 holes in 45 minutes? His father applied that ethic to leisure. His son applies it to work. Yesterday, he spent just over 12 hours in Japan and eight hours in the Philippines. He gets to an event, he speaks, he moves on. Who else leaves a State Dinner by 8 PM to catch a plane? Speech. Motorcade. Speech. Motorcade. There?s no Clintonesque lingering or working the crowd...
...said E.U. leaders had agreed unanimously that their defense policy would be "complementary to ... never an alternative to NATO." U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Nicholas Burns, said earlier that the plans represented "the most significant threat to" the transatlantic alliance. Kremlin Rebuffed GREECE In a blow to the Russian prosecutor's office, an Athens appeals court took only a few minutes to reject Moscow's demand for the extradition of exiled Russian media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky on fraud charges. Gusinsky fled Moscow in 2000 after being accused of embezzling state-controlled gas giant Gazprom of $250 million. He claimed the charges...
...hours at Wellbridge. On days when her response paper for History of Art took a little longer than she had scheduled (all tasks are scheduled in a Smythson leather-bound day-planner), she throws on a brightly colored Ralph Lauren crew knit and thanks God for that amazing weekly blow-dry from Gino. On the weekend, the routine is more complex: out comes the Earl mini (and with it, the Carriage House salon leg wax), the BCBG floaty, chiffon Grecian-style blouse and the teardrop pearl earrings her parents gave her upon graduation from Spence. In preparation for her high...
...Cash's death was a blow to admirers of real music everywhere. I am not a fan of most country music. So much of it is little more than superficial pop, lacking the real soul of the blues tradition. Cash's music is different. Whenever I heard his majestic voice and earthy poetry, I was moved. He was the people's poet, with a heart and mind rooted deep in the human experience. The echoes of that voice can be found far and wide across the musical spectrum. John A. Sorrels London...