Word: columnizing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Over the decades he wrote for Commentary, Commonweal, The New Leader, Film Culture, Artforum - his most sustained affiliation, from 1966 to 1971 - and, just before that, for Cavalier. It's a mystery what the consumers of that second-tier girlie mag thought of Manny's column. He certainly wasn't trying to ingratiate himself with them; his prose was as gnarly as ever. Sample lead sentence: "What is interesting about the Cultural Exposition [Explosion?] is that while the public has become cognizant of the geniuses in each art form, the works themselves have been losing their identity as painting...
...occupation has been to undermine the authority of the Georgian government - and President Saakashvili in particular. Attempts by Georgian security officials to assert authority over the Russian troops have been summarily dealt with. Earlier this week, about 20 Georgian security personnel attempted to stop a small Russian column from entering the port at Poti. The Russians handcuffed them and took them prisoner. When a Georgian police car tried to block a Russian tank from progressing down a country road west of the capital, the tank simply rolled over it (there were no injuries...
...back in January's Iowa caucuses, when they discovered, to their shock, that Obama was actually pulling some moderate Republican voters away from the GOP caucus. His success in Iowa has been so complete that it may abandon its swing-state tendencies and move firmly into Obama's column. And it's not just Iowa. Last month I saw a poll showing Obama with a surprisingly strong lead in Detroit's wealthiest suburban county. If he can ride the Democratic surge this year while scoring big with independents, the race will...
...Musharraf manages to secure a deal, many believe he should take it without hesitation. "The time has come for the military leadership to go and have a quiet word with Mr. Musharraf," wrote political analyst Shafqat Mahmood in an op-ed column in the News. "If the price for his quick departure is a safe passage, it should be given. The nation must now move...
...weapons and American protective gear. He says they have reports of 4,000 Russian troops still in Georgian territory. "They are doing what they want. We have no control," he says, shrugging. "They have tanks, bombs, jets. We Georgians can't do anything about this." Behind him a winding column of thousands of Georgian troops and artillery units is nevertheless making its way toward Gori in the hopes that the line will soon be opened. Whether they - or anyone else - gets through anytime soon, says Gegenava, "is up to Russia...