Word: crammed
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...lengths Libby and his colleagues were willing to go to squelch any criticism of the Administration's prewar behavior. Libby was a Vulcan,* one of the Bush team hard-liners, along with former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who helped the President cram for foreign policy debates during the 2000 campaign and who had argued for years that the U.S. should depose Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and bring democracy and stability to the Middle East...
When my friend Anne and I had to cram for a calculus exam in high school, she brought a plate of warm cookies to our study session. Perhaps it was the melted chunks of chocolate, or perhaps it was my heightened appreciation for anything and everything that did not pertain to calculus, but a homemade cookie had never tasted so good. “I’ve started baking, and I love it,” she announced when I complimented the cookies. “I can’t wait to be a stay-at-home mom?...
This is how you travel to a New England Patriots game: if you don’t have a car, you cram into a single, packed train festooned with Tom Brady jerseys and Red Sox caps turned backwards...
...smart to get drawn in. "He knows it's about 51 votes," Leo says. Former Indiana Representative David McIntosh says Roberts is focused on keeping his far right supporters happy while reassuring centrist Republicans who are the key to his confirmation. Roberts' six-minute opening remarks today managed to cram in tips of the hat to both groups. For the hardliners, he argued the importance of rule of law over individual rights. For the centrists, like Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, he emphasized his respect for the opinions of current and past judicial decisions. "His goal is to reassure...
...change how people look at exercise. We all need to get back to making fitness activities feel as they did when we were kids - full of fun, movement and creativity - not the drudgery of the same old 30 minutes on a treadmill or an hour at the gym. Catherine Cram Middleton, Wisconsin, U.S. In our modern society's relentless pursuit of physical fitness, we risk forgetting a crucial factor: mental well-being. Our grandparents lived healthier lives not just because they sweated more than we do but also because they fretted less. Technology helps us get more done...