Word: cracked
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...felt that way after the debate Saturday night, you know, [but] I had nothing to prove it. I was down 13 to 15 points [laughs] but I could sense the change coming. And then I felt it for sure when I got back from going out at the crack of dawn, actually before dawn, on Tuesday morning. I felt really good by the size of the crowds I had Saturday, Sunday, Monday. But then when we actually went out to polling places, and I looked at voters and they looked at me, I shook their hands and we saw people...
...opposition protest rallies were attracting growing numbers of people, Saakashvili's nerve snapped. In November, he ordered his riot police to crack down, using tear gas and rubber bullets, and clamped the stage of siege on Georgia...
...position - no "amnesty," crack down on employers who break the law - has had little trouble earning credibility among the state's more hard-line immigration activists. Last week, the anti-immigration movement's standard-bearer, Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, dropped out of the race and threw his support to Romney. But on the ground in Iowa, most of Tancredo's support appears to have shifted to Thompson, including former U.S. Senate candidate Bill Salier, who was Tancredo's state campaign director, and Angie Weaver Anderson, who ran the western end of the state for Tancredo. "I don't know anybody...
...ever made was taking the wrong side of this issue. You've got [former New York City Mayor] Rudy Giuliani running ads talking about securing the border. Every candidate has now come up with a plan and they'd all secure the borders, go after illegal immigration and crack down on employers. They all have the basics now... And we have the Democrats now talking. I mean look at what happened to [New York Senator Hillary Clinton] when she... tried to address the issue of [New York Governor Eliot] Spitzer's trying to give illegal immigrants drivers licenses...
...because they cannot be landed due to the quota rules. Earlier this month, the E.U.'s Court of Auditors condemned the CFP for incomplete and unreliable catch data, ineffectual sanctions and inadequate inspection systems. But since the CFP is mainly implemented by national governments, there are fewer incentives to crack down on errant fishermen. "Most stocks remain overfished," E.U. Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg said before the meeting. "We must make further efforts if we are to achieve progress towards sustainable fisheries...