Word: boot
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...opposition Conservatives. Polls indicate that 11% of people who voted Labour in 2001 are so turned off by Blair they might stay home, possibly driving turnout down to a historic low of 50%. Few think Labour could really lose; a huge swing, more than 10%, would be needed to boot Blair out. But with a low turnout, surprises on the margins could trim Labour's current 161-seat majority and undermine Blair's authority in what he has declared will be his final term...
...team’s step class began early this winter, when head coach Bob Karetsky sought out the help of athletic instructor Dawn Murdock to design a “boot-camp style” weekly workout for his boys...
...that, and she’s gorgeous to boot...
...graduating, he went straight to boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. He fought in Desert Storm, made sergeant in three years, and left as a scout sniper with a bunch of medals. But in 1993 he left the Marines and returned to Manhattan. He took night classes at New York University and worked by day as an energy trader for Goldman Sachs. After earning a degree in economics, he co-founded Filter Media, a company focusing on interactive TV. He grew long hair and wore flamboyant clothes. In 1999 he met a former model who had worked with the photographer...
...also prepared to argue that by serving in an "illegal war" he would be a participant in war crimes. Even if he and Anderson can never attend family members' weddings or funerals back home, they are certain they are doing the right thing. Hinzman says, "They tell you in boot camp that if you are given an illegal order, it is your duty to disobey it." No matter what anyone else might call them, in their own minds, Hinzman, Anderson and their peers are still good soldiers, just following orders. --Reported by Steven Frank and Paul Gains/ Toronto and Sandra...