Word: counterpunching
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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PUNCH AND COUNTERPUNCH...
...campaign quickly changed gears. Kerry and his aides set to work furiously, turning what was supposed to be a speech the next day on homeland security into a good old-fashioned counterpunch. "Thirty years ago, official Navy reports ... documented my service in Vietnam and awarded me the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts. Thirty years ago, this was the plain truth. It still is, and I still carry the shrapnel in my leg," he would declare. "I'm not going to let anyone question my commitment to defending America--then, now or ever." After drafting the speech...
That's the punch-counterpunch of violence that has ruined hopes of peace for decades. And this latest round shredded holes in the fragile road map the U.S. put forward four months ago to bring the two sides to a permanent settlement. Israeli tanks immediately reimposed a military cordon around most Palestinian cities and towns, locking them down and hunting out militants. Hamas officials, along with the militant Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, tore up the cease-fire with a fiery call for earthshaking revenge. Bush Administration officials struggled to salvage peace prospects, while Secretary of State Colin...
...Gate Bridge, the markets, consumer confidence, and the economy at large should all snap back. Barring a suitcase bomb in the train station in Columbus, Ohio, consumer spending won?t move lower for the indefinite future. Then, fear will seem very real even in small towns. Barring any significant counterpunch from any of the terrorists or their sympathizers in the U.S. or abroad, everything will be just fine...
...Counterpunch: Bill Daley, for the veep, was onstage just minutes later, saying that the legal process should take its course. First Palm Beach: "We continue to explore the possibilities of what can be done to remedy the unfairness of thousands of residents of Palm Beach County who believed they were voting for Al Gore... Our legal team has determined that the ballot in Palm Beach County was unlawful." Then the recount(s): "Waiting is unpleasant for all of us, but suggesting the outcome of a vote is known before all the ballots are properly counted is inappropriate...