Word: catting
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...Moscow has responded to the new alignments of its former satellites by using energy supplies for geopolitical leverage, and Putin threatened to aim nuclear missiles at Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Poland if they host the U.S. missile-defense system. Russia is also playing a cat-and-mouse game with Georgia: Early last month, Putin eased his blockade of the country and resumed air and sea transportation links, severed in October 2006 over the arrest of Russian personnel by the Georgians on suspicion of espionage. At the same time, Russia has invoked "the Kosovo precedent" to turn up the heat...
...Rove, debuted on Fox News Channel as a political analyst. Genteel, wry and armed with terabytes of political minutiae, he won critical raves. ("One of the best things in television news right now," said the New York Times, the equivalent of a Westminster Dog Show hopeful getting endorsed by Cat Fancy.) But there was something poignantly valedictory about the old warrior playing referee: the lion, if not in winter, then in a petting...
...competition for cash in this election cycle, Democrats have trounced Republicans. That doesn't mean they simply have more fat-cat contributors. In this presidential campaign, their critical edge has come from those who give $200 or less--and so can give and give again without reaching contribution limits...
...deeper arsenal.“She lived a lot on her curve last year and teams are going to be looking for that,” Allard says. “We’ve done a few new things—I won’t let the cat out of the bag—but she’s got some really good things to move the ball around the plate more.” Another positive thing that Allard is hoping to have is depth in the pitching rotation. In the early part of the 2008 season...
...disconnected, but for some of those sleeping here, rootlessness is not temporary. Each night, scores of London's homeless men and women take advantage of modern travel delays by posing as stranded passengers in order to sleep in a warm and safe place. They play a cat-and-mouse game with police, often donning floral shirts, fanny packs and other travel accessories to blend in. And their increasing creativity - and ability to disappear in Heathrow's swelling crowds of delayed passengers - has prompted the airport to try a new approach...