Word: ducked
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...cabinet ("I think it's very important in all these key positions, both in the economic team and the national security team, to - to get it right and - and not to be so rushed that you end up making mistakes.") to getting involved in economic policy during the lame duck session, Obama's answer time and again was: "We only have one president at a time." Clearly, at least until he is that president (and likely even after that), journalists will have to think harder of ways to pry new information from...
Long Yu has come a long way since the day in 1976 when he accidentally killed a duck. The duck was going to die anyway, but not until it had been properly fattened up in the breeding factory where Long, then 12, was required to work in the waning days of China's Cultural Revolution. The ducks were force-fed through a tube operated by a foot-pedal - a single pump per meal. One day Long got careless and accidentally pumped twice. End of duck...
Even before the shape of the new Congress is known and strategies on those issues can be settled on, there will be a test for Obama: the House is expected to tackle a stimulus bill proposed by Democrats when the outgoing Congress returns for a lame-duck session on Nov. 17. Senate Democratic aides say they expect the GOP to filibuster it even if it makes it out of the House...
...b.good when also presenting a copy of The Harvard Voice). We tried to start a wind farm in Adams A, using fans all powered by other fans plugged into the wall. (The data is still inconclusive.) And of course, we threw out all of the free condoms lest a duck or an Isis girl should unfortunately choke...
Though the president will not become a lame duck until tomorrow, hunting season has already begun. The recent economic disaster has made it easier than ever to take potshots at Bush. While many of the critiques are exaggerated and unfair, one in particular hits the mark: Though certainly not the worst president in history, Bush is undoubtedly the most anti-science President in recent memory...