Word: chipping
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...August? Let's Go to Iowa! The Iowa State Fair annually draws turkey callers, cow-chip throwers and piemakers from across the Hawkeye State. This year's fair, which begins next week, is attracting a crowd of competitors from farther afield: possible White House contenders hunting for votes ahead...
...Congress, unsuccessfully ran for chair of the Democratic National Committee last year, Pelosi repeatedly rebuffed his attempts to get her support. While she declines to discuss those conflicts, Pelosi told TIME, "Anybody who's ever dealt with me knows not to mess with me." Pelosi carries a chip on her shoulder, believing that fellow Democrats and media élites have constantly underestimated her political ability, dating back to her unsuccessful effort to become head of the Democratic National Committee in 1985, when she was called an "airhead" by a labor-union official. She will talk about those political battles only...
...airline seats to events. And machine-dispensed downloads of music videos and TV shows is also a future possibility. Since teenagers will make up a big part of the market, the Coke machines' main payment method is cash (though they accept credit cards). Vodafone's kiosks, however, also accept chip-and-pin debit cards, which is crucial given the handsets retail for a bit more than pocket change, between $55 to $150. Vodafone's goal is simple: it makes no money from selling phones, but from the voice and data traffic they deliver to its network. So it wants...
...Uganda has hinted it will offer amnesty to Kony and other rebel leaders as a bargaining chip - just as it has allowed surrendering fighters to return home freely in the past. But cleaning up after the gruesome conflict will be difficult. The line between victim and attacker has been badly blurred: Most of the LRA fighting forces were once abductees themselves, children like Ojok Bosco, who were then forced to visit terror on their own families and villages...
...London. Three weeks later I’ll be back on campus, joined by classmates similarly disappointed that summer is over yet still eager to continue their hunt for experience and meaning. Like a compulsive gambler out of cash, we’ll wish we had one more chip to play, convinced our next move will be the one that hits the jackpot. Never complacent, we cannot concede victory, and so we look, indefatigably, for the next bus or plane out of town, chasing some existential moment we probably won’t realize and secretly hope never comes.William...