Word: blowingly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...kill two American servicemen, he yelled: "no wonder I think they're evil." In public and private, it has also become clear that Bush has a swelling disdain for European officials, relegating the pesky nit-pickers to the itchy class in which he has banished university elites, journalists and blow-hard members of Congress. He echoed Colin Powell's quip that the French foreign minister suffered an attack of the vapors when he suggested the "axis of evil" formulation was simplistic. In a private meeting with Japanese officials, it was Powell who had to explain what "apoplectic" meant...
...right. Richard Reid, a British passenger on the Boeing 767, was trying to light a fuse protruding from his shoe, witnesses say. According to the FBI, packed in the sole were enough high explosives to blow a hole in the fuselage of the aircraft. But the attempted bombing was foiled. Two flight attendants struggled with the tall, unkempt man after one of them noticed the sulfurous smell of a lighted match. Danison remembers one of the attendants crying, "Oh, my God! Somebody help me!" and then calling for "water, contact solution, anything you have." Passengers passed cups and glasses back...
...Corporation. The failed utilities trading firm was suspected of donation-bought political influence, especially in its home state. It is certainly reasonable that Bush’s public records be easily accessible to the public, especially to aid the investigation of Enron’s collapse and the terrible blow it dealt its employees. The current situation hardly promotes the transparency necessary for our democratic institutions to prosper, and it most certainly hinders this vital inquiry...
...book takes the reader on a journey through national newspapers, news networks and local broadcasters, sharing anecdotes, investigative success stories and interviews. At times, The News mimics the modern suspense novel, though its blow-by-blow accounts of the investigation of Scientology, a night at local TV news broadcaster, or the editors at MSNBC.com uploading breaking news to their website are hardly thrilling. Given that the book’s intention is to create informed media consumers, these stories feel like fluff—interesting and compelling but ultimately insubstantial...
...strapped 20 pounds of the fireworks to my chest, waltzed into The Wrap and insisted that everyone give me their money or I would blow the entire place up. Nobody moved. Then they started moving again. Some of them were even moving towards me. Then I was outside, on the ground, with six separate fists of fury raining blows upon my person. This marked the last time I would take stealing advice from Winthrop. More importantly, I had made an important discovery: stealing money is hard. Sure, I had no problem stealing things (CDs), but stealing money appears to require...