Word: brisker
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...many events do you think I should be working?" Obama says with a laugh when I ask him about the lackadaisical pace. Comparatively, I say, Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004 kept much brisker schedules; Kerry, who had named his running mate, John Edwards, weeks before the convention, spent the last week of the primaries hustling through a bus tour from Norfolk, Va., to Philadelphia and on to New York City, while Gore barnstormed across battleground states, doing a "handoff" in Michigan to the Clintons, who preceded him to the convention...
...cello player below. Benedict stepped out near the bottom of the ramp to walk the final 35 yards. Amidst all the surrounding concrete and work equipment, he looked particularly slight of build in simple, but heavy white papal vestments for the cold morning. His normally brisk walk was even brisker than usual, seemingly eager to arrive before the pascal candle to pray. Silently he knelt down, and remained on his knees, eyes open, but otherwise lost in his prayer for more than two minutes...
...wrong species to eat it. The error was perhaps understandable, since the pet treats look every bit as delectable as their human counterparts.Kickass Cupcakes doesn’t have any seating area, making a bench outside the bakery the best place to enjoy their treats. As the weather gets brisker, this sitting spot means that fuzzy hats and mittens are a prerequisite for any visit—even for the non-twee set.—Staff writers Aliza H. Aufrichtig and Marianne F. Kaletzky can be reached at aufricht@fas.harvard.edu and kaletzky@fas.harvard.edu...
...impressive, Trippi says, "it's a small number in a country of 300 million, and a ridiculously small number compared to the number of adults who will be voting for President." Still, he adds, all that energy--with the leading Democratic candidates raising money at a pace much brisker than that of the Republican contenders--is not likely to be lost, no matter who gets the nomination. "If 200,000 people are willing to give $15 now," he says, "they're likely to give $100 when the opponent is a Republican...
...voters cast their ballots across three districts. Turnout was low in some Muslim- majority areas with a polling center at Habba Khadal, near the summer capital Srinagar, registering just 1% of the electorate. Polling in the two other districts, Budgam and Jammu, was said to be much brisker, with turnout as high as 59% and 70% in two Hindu-majority constituencies. This was despite two violent incidents between security forces and militants that left six separatists dead. CHINA Stairway from Hell Four school officials in northern China were arrested after 21 teenage students were crushed to death and more than...