Word: doleful
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...Schumer, the New Yorker who heads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Indeed, though Georgia incumbent Saxby Chambliss was sitting on an 18-point lead in September over former state representative Jim Martin, the latest polls have Martin pulling within 3 points of the incumbent. Four other GOP Senators--Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, John Sununu of New Hampshire, Gordon Smith of Oregon and Norm Coleman of Minnesota--trail their Democratic challengers in the most recent polls. Mississippi's contest between Republican incumbent Roger Wicker and Democratic former governor Ronnie Musgrove is too close to call. And there are two other...
Bair, a former aide to Bob Dole, had little idea what was in store when she took over the FDIC back in sleepy 2006. "They said this was going to be 9 to 5 and just an easy portfolio of issues," she said. But she quickly learned how far underwriting standards had fallen. A year ago, she rang the alarm with mortgage lenders and said they were not doing enough to help borrowers meet their house payments. "I thought," she recalled, "they were going to throw tomatoes...
...Obama is unlikely to sigh irritably as Al Gore did in 2000, or get tongue-tied like George W. Bush in 2004, or seem peevish as Bob Dole did in 1996, or gaze impatiently at his watch, as George H.W. Bush did in 1992. Indeed, judging from past debates, it is McCain who has more flashes of churlishness or over-aggressiveness when attempting to corner or humble his opponent...
...consumer demand for bananas as a fad diet sweeps the country. The popularity of the scheme, which prescribes a banana and a glass of warm water every morning, has been fed by online social networks, a best-selling book called Morning Banana Diet and celebrity testimonials. Leading banana importer Dole Japan reported that sales of the fruit are up 25% since the same period last year. Yet despite the empty shelves and rising prices, nutrition experts have been skeptical, saying bananas do not directly trigger weight loss...
...bracelets have been around since the Vietnam War, when a student group, Voices in Vital America (VIVA), began a campaign on behalf of missing American soldiers and prisoners of war, using silver bands modeled after that of TV host (and future Congressman) Robert Dornan. The bracelets took off--Bob Dole, Ronald Reagan and Sonny and Cher all donned POW/MIA bands at one time or another--and VIVA sold more than 5 million before disbanding in 1976. (They are still available through the National League of Families...