Word: doorstep
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...reason why L?pez, the former mayor of Mexico City, leads in voter polls - much to the chagrin of the Bush Administration, which faces the prospect of a L?pez victory bringing Latin America's stunning recent shift to the political left to America's doorstep...
...build another bridge and put more Customs people on the ones we have, how can we solve our pollution problem, with 15-year-old cars idling in lines that stretch for miles? How can you order us to educate any child who appears on our school doorstep but not give us the money to do it? Where are we going to find enough water? The congressional Hispanic caucus wants $1 billion in spending on roads and bridges and Customs officers; El Paso state senator Eliot Shapleigh and other Texas lawmakers have called for a Marshall Plan for the border...
...when a man in London could travel the world freely, invest wherever he wanted, and "could order by telephone, sipping his morning tea in bed, the various products of the whole earth, in such quantity as he might see fit, and reasonably expect their early delivery upon his doorstep." Not only that, Keynes' Londoner "regarded this state of affairs as normal, certain, and permanent, except in the direction of further improvement." It was not to be. World War I brought the modern world's first great era of globalization to a jarring halt; trade atrophied, and legislation like the Smoot...
...post and a number of open looks went wide for a Harvard team that, for the first time all season, struggled in the early going—posting only two first-half goals on 18 shots. “Most of those shots were right on the doorstep, and that’s not very good shooting,” Harvard coach Scott Anderson said. “It’s mostly just concentration and effort, and it’s something that some of these guys are going to have to put more time into or it?...
...third-period strike, moved into 14th place on the all-time Harvard scoring charts with 105 points. A first-team ECAC selection, she was the Crimson’s offensive catalyst in her senior campaign.Boe made 35 saves on the Wildcats, including several on open looks from the doorstep. Twice, she stuffed Jennifer Hitchcock with blocker saves from point-blank range and throughout the latter stages of the game she repelled a withering attack to keep the deficit at three. All season long, Boe was forced to excuse an inexperienced defensive corps that hampered her statistical line, but, as always...