Word: clingingly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Bush may cling to his belief that the market's woes won't affect the basic soundness of the economy, but he knows from his father's experience that politicians who don't appear to take voters' pocketbook fears seriously pay for their callousness at the polls. "This President is acutely aware of the impact of the economy, both on regular Americans and on Presidents," says Mark McKinnon, a campaign 2000 veteran who still advises Bush. "Americans fundamentally understand a President can't move the markets, but they want to be assured that he cares about it and is doing...
Little Italy’s remains cling around the intersection of interstate highways and UIC’s circle campus; what is left is demarcated by a few restaurants and a statue of Joe DiMaggio. Greektown is a collection of lively eateries, a few Greek columns, bakeries, and an increasingly young, professional population inhabiting lofts. As the 60 route takes me through each of these neighborhoods, I wonder about the permanence of other establishments I take for granted, especially my own neighborhood...
...Maguire is being compared to DiCaprio--another serious actor turned teen idol following a big mainstream hit. But though audiences may cling to Maguire as Spider-Man, it's unlikely they'll embrace his quirky persona in standard leading-man roles. He simply isn't as warm as Tom Hanks or as dashing as Tom Cruise. "I just want to make good movies," says Maguire. "If there's a script I like with a character I like and a filmmaker I like, I would do the movie. I'm not really concerned about money. You could say I'm even...
Although Palestinians cling to the U.N.-endorsed "right of return," it's not going to happen. To let hundreds of thousands of Palestinians live inside Israel would be suicide for the Jewish state, destroying it by demographics. Yet the refugees have to find a home somewhere, or succeeding generations will never stop making war on Israel...
...Although Palestinians cling to the U.N.-endorsed "right of return," it's not going to happen. To let hundreds of thousands of Palestinians live inside Israel would be suicide for the Jewish state, destroying it by demographics. Yet the refugees have to find a home somewhere, or succeeding generations will never stop making war on Israel...