Word: crisped
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Although few details have leaked about how the Obama team has prepared for Thursday's event, it is a safe bet that Biden has been rehearsing short, crisp answers and general restraint to avoid droning on, showing off or Beltway bloviating. Given the reality of gender politics and the Senator's tendency for familiar glad-handing, Biden is in particular danger of saying something perceived as condescending or sexist to Palin. Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm has been serving as a stand-in to simulate the dynamic he will face, and Biden has reportedly sought out advice from Senate colleagues like...
...walks briskly down these dusty streets checking on his men distributed across 30 checkpoints, he is joined by Colonel Abdel-Rida Shwaya of the Iraqi police's 7th Brigade. The young sheikh cuts a striking figure, clad in a crisp, white dishdasha and matching headdress. His weather-beaten face, his thick, black mustache and the tan bandolier draped across his chest give him the look of an Arabic Pancho Villa. Neither man knows if any of Dora's SOIs will be part of the 20% absorbed by the security forces. There are 300 more Sunni patrolmen than there are Iraqi...
Whether hot or cold, says Steve McMahon, a Democratic strategist who helped steer Howard Dean's meteoric 2004 campaign, Obama would be wise to keep a few scraps of advice in mind. First, he should keep his answers crisp. "I would tell him to go back to his appellate argument skills and answer the question like he's answering the judge, so he doesn't bury the lead," says McMahon. "In law school, there's an old adage: answer the question first, then explain it. When you're a gifted orator, as Obama is, sometimes you explain your answer while...
...appreciate their elegance, even on the picket line. Alitalia pilots and flight attendants, dressed in their crisp black-and-green uniforms and aviator sunglasses, have spent decades stylishly shepherding the world to Italy, and Italians abroad. More recently, the handsome crews have also done their part - with plenty of help from Alitalia's inept senior management and shortsighted Italian politicians - to steer the airline on a crash course toward bankruptcy...
Whether it was the smell of the barbeque in the crisp autumn air, the fight with a friend (or now enemy) over a “Crimson Crazies” t-shirt, or the thrill of watching the team run onto the field, the Harvard nighttime football game against Holy Cross encapsulated the school spirit Harvard often lacks. Even without the heroic comeback—the two touchdown dives that ignited fans—Harvard was a winner on Friday night because of the way the game rallied the campus community. But rather than sitting back and feeling proud about...