Word: blows
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...person seated in front of me: I am neither a barber nor a dental hygienist, so kindly remove your seat from my lap. My preferred countermove--training my air vent to blow directly onto your head, often agitating a brief flurry of dandruff--doesn't always work as a deterrent...
...President Lawrence H. Summers and Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel raised a candle together to light a menorah on the first day of Hanukkah. About 35 students gathered in front of Widener Library at the ceremony organized by the Chabad House at Harvard, waiting as wind threatened to blow out the candles...
...Inacio Lula da Silva, Argentina's Nestor Kirchner and Chile's Michelle Bachelet. Venezuelans may be reminding Chávez that, like his revolution's namesake, 19th-century independence hero Simon Bolivar, he stands to have a positive place secured in Latin America history. Their message on Sunday: Don't blow...
...those expectations, however, voter turnout crept up from 55 percent to 61 percent. Of course, we are facing a much longer leap this time around, with a total of 30 months since Biden’s announcement back in March of 2006. But this is hardly a resounding blow against democracy. It’s hard to imagine a potential voter thinking, “I would have voted. But I just know the candidates too well!†Some take another tack and argue that the length of the campaign season forces out lesser-known candidates without...
...least two years away, and probably a lot more, from producing enough nuclear material to construct a bomb. Despite the fact that the assessment notes that Iran's intentions remain unclear and that its nuclear program would give it the option of building weapons, the report certainly strikes a blow against those who argue that military action is necessary to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons. But its findings are not especially surprising to those more closely following the concerns being raised over Iran's program...