Word: bucked
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Dreaming big and offering the moon was the style of L.B.J.; he's your kinda guy. B brands you an ineffective wonk; C says you're an unambitious, pass-the-buck wimp...
...shouldn't I make a buck off this thing?" Max, 52, asked as he thumbed through journals such as Presidential Studies Quarterly, The American Scholar and Political Science Quarterly while researching the appropriate point spread. Max, who has run a small book for 20 years to supplement his income from various odd jobs, takes wagers on ponies, ball games and everything else, including "two rats running across the street." He's booked local elections in the past but decided to try the big leagues this time, thanks in part to the money-grubbing example set by the candidates. "These guys...
With only seconds left, I told Olene this was her opportunity to buck the political machine. She looked into the television cameras and stammered out her lines. About three-quarters of the way through, she said, "Utah: the only state that starts with U." Not quite what I'd written but close enough. She even got a small laugh. Overjoyed, I hugged Olene and nearly hugged Senator Hatch, until I remembered his name is Orrin. People may complain that this convention was overly scripted, but at least Utah was scripted...
Bush points out that he is willing to buck the N.R.A. He supports background checks at gun shows, the ban on automatic weapons and increasing the minimum age for owning a handgun from...
...their support, since it was in their states that much station work would be done. As early as 1992, NASA lobbyists had been descending on Washington with cheery charts and maps making the point that as the project grew, the money would seep out in countless directions. BUSINESS GETTING BUCK$, one map read, promising a "procurement constituency" of 40 states. After the 1993 vote, this hard sell only increased. "NASA approached this the way a defense project is approached," says Mehl. "I don't think pork necessarily changes minds. It's just an insurance policy...