Word: craft
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...study of literature, but after two years as a concentrator I realized that I didn't share this view," she says. "I've learned a tremendous amount in my English classes, but when I read a novel or a poem, I'm far more interested in the craft of writing than in the theory behind...
What a difference a little rocket fuel makes. Nozomi, an unmanned Japanese spacecraft on a mission to Mars since its launch last July, was supposed to reach the Red Planet's orbit this October. But an unforeseen adjustment in the craft's direction has used up more fuel than was projected, and Nozomi will be a little late -- four years, to be exact...
...there would be two votes on whether to conduct a full-blown trial, each requiring a two-thirds vote to go ahead. In the probable event they would fail, the trial would adjourn and the Senate would take up censure. Temporarily setting aside the messy issue of how to craft a censure resolution that would satisfy all sides, the obsessively punctilious Lott had devised an exit strategy that seemed to have something in it for everyone. Conservatives would get a trial, albeit a brief one, and a chance to go on the record with a vote showing their desire...
There was no hint of foul play, but the appearance of borrowing from a man under investigation was bad enough. Within two days, Mandelson did the honorable thing. He did not go on national television and wag his finger at the British people. He did not craft a cover-up, if indeed he needed one. He did not ask his friends and political allies to lie for him. Instead he appeared red-eyed to tell the nation he had worked for years "to demonstrate that the standards of government and behavior in public life were going to be restored permanently...
...Sunday, Christian-values stalwart John Ashcroft was promising that Clinton would get "a speedy trial just like any other citizen" deserves. If the votes to convict still aren't there by March, when the Senate normally begins its legislative year, then the escape hatch pops up. Hatch vowed to craft "the strongest censure resolution there is," and even Minority Leader Tom Daschle wasn't promising the White House any say in the deal. But if censure does come to pass, the Republicans who have hunted this President all year will have to face up to the political truth that this...