Word: dente
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...jabs nor Clinton's response are particularly venomous. But as Clinton continues to dominate in the polls, and the Iowa caucuses creep up on the calendar (earlier in the week the Democrats announced they'll caucus January 3rd) plenty of people believe that the only way for Obama to dent Clinton's lead is to take her on directly. "It won't be easy to upend her, but it is possible with the right kind of attack," says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "Obama and others need to point out that her polarizing...
...three-buck chuck against a UC check (or lack thereof, these days). Perhaps the occasional frivolous purchase is the price we have to pay for the most responsive and accommodating of all campus institutions. Execution can miss the mark: brain-break offerings don’t put a dent in late-night hunger, and the “ethnic”-ness of endless grilled-chicken riffs is debatable. But HUDS’ efforts to invite—and respond to—student feedback are remarkable: take cage-free eggs and fair trade bananas, for example?...
...wake of the recent bust. On Wednesday, U.S. troops in the area were led to a cache of more than 100 copper disks, the deadly projectile component of EFPs. Military officials say it was one of the largest EFP caches found in more than a year and another big dent in the local network of Shi'ite militants bent on planting them. In a region where troops say they often take one step forward for every two steps back, another step forward is worthy of note. Either way, it's a deadly dance in a place where the music never...
...vaunted U.S. strategy in Anbar province that has put a dent in al-Qaeda in Iraq involved establishing ties with Sunni tribes. But there has always been skepticism about whether the same strategy would work in Shi'ite areas of the country. However, that may be changing. In Musayyib, 40 miles south of Baghdad and not far from the holy city of Karbala, American officers are taking advantage of a network of "concerned citizens" in this predominantly Shi'ite area to help quell violence stemming from both Sunni insurgents and erratic elements of powerful Shi'a militias. Just...
...millionth of the energy generated by fossil-fuel burning power plants in America—about enough energy to power the lights in the Cabot Science Library and in one floor of William James Hall. But I firmly believe that their impact will far exceed the miniscule dent they will put in America’s present polluting ways...