Word: crushes
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...most of our generation, the results were not shocking. Indeed, most members of our generation that did vote pulled the lever for Bush. It has become almost routine for Republicans, and conservative ones at that, to crush Democrats in national elections. They have beaten a Southern neo-liberal in Jimmy Carter, they have defeated a traditional Midwestern liberal in Walter Mondale, and they have now crushed a Northeastern technocrat...
MISSOURI John Danforth, a Senate moderate, should crush Democrat Jay Nixon...
...August to start using cartridges tipped with plastic to break up riots in the occupied territories, Palestinian casualties in Gaza alone have leaped from about 20 in July to more than 170 in September. At close range, the bullets can even kill. Not surprisingly, Rabin's latest gambit to crush the intifadeh has provoked yet another round of criticism from abroad and from Israel's far left, which charges Rabin with excessive brutality. But it has also raised a disturbing new question: Are Israeli leaders turning up the violence against Palestinians as a way of pandering to voters before Israel...
...Rabin's new crackdown may have the political benefit of reassuring Israeli voters who deem the Labor Party soft on the Palestinians. The right-wing Likud bloc of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir refuses to surrender any of the West Bank and Gaza, and some members even boast they could crush the intifadeh in weeks. Labor leader Shimon Peres has endorsed proposals for negotiations that would return some territory to Arab rule, which many interpret as signifying an inability to quell the rebellion. Rabin seems determined to prove them wrong. Said Shamir media adviser Avi Pazner: "If you take the last...
...Crimson Crush: Harvard's defensive line, led by Captain Don Peterson, dominated the battle of the trenches. The Crimson sacked the Lions' trio of quarterbacks eight times. Since its last win over Columbia, Harvard has sacked opposing passers 48 times...