Word: bolt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...primaries, Bush reached out to independents in the fall with the "kinder and gentler" clean-air and child-care initiatives, and he won easily. But in a three-man race, such overtures may be unnecessary, even unwise. Conservative Republicans have never really liked or trusted Bush, and they could bolt to Perot if the President starts sounding moderate again...
...recalls a colleague who invited him to do an exam on a patient under the false guise of a consultation because "she has a body you won't believe." Another physician, whenever faced with an "emotional" female patient, would draw in his notes a stick figure with a lightning bolt going into its head and write down a nonsensical diagnosis of "zigzybiasis," signifying "This patient is crazy." A pediatrician habitually marked his notes with a smiley face when a young patient had a good-looking mother...
...meet in their respective state capitals in mid-December to cast their official votes. These electors are local political activists who run on slates chosen by each ^ candidate's organization. Though some states try to bind electors to vote for their nominee, these laws are not enforced when electors bolt. Still, party and personal loyalty would probably keep the vast majority faithful...
Levinson, who is unmarried, was a merchant seaman for nine years. For several years after that, the candidate published a newspaper through the University of Buffalo called the Daily Bolt, which focused on local issues and scandals and "called every spade a spade," Mrs. Levinson said...
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning from the musical heavens cuts through the sweltering heat and submerges the street in a blinding light. The intense energy genetically recombines all it touches, and when the dust has cleared, five young musicians who look like extras from Colors stand defiantly in a row. Thus was born Fungo Mungo...