Word: excepts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sounded much like Dean's campaign. Dean drew his support in 2003 and 2004 from liberals angry that leading Democrats in Washington were unwilling to attack President Bush, instead focusing on winning elections by moving to the center. And many of the bloggers still seemed frustrated by congressional Democrats, except for the few they've embraced, like Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, who was also at the convention. "They're afraid of taking strong positions," said Jane Hamsher, who runs a popular liberal blog called firedoglake. "They're embrassed by progressives." AmericaBlog's John Aravosis said congressional Democrats should attack...
Equally important, an old love can spark a passion that renews the couple's memories of their youth. "It's almost like we're 17 again, and we can explore things together--except that we're 53," explains Mike Hagen of Midland, Mich., who reconnected five years ago with Vivian Menko through Classmates...
...served with a tuna fillet and another was shared with the table. And she did scoop up every bite of her dessert, an espresso granita with whipped cream. Still, De Laurentiis turned down nearly all the many alimentary offerings routinely presented to famous chefs by fans and job seekers. Except for two bites of chocolate someone made for her, De Laurentiis ate nothing from the many gift platters. In Mischel's terms, she has acquired "self-regulatory competence": she can cool the gluttonous impulses activated in our lizard brains when we see food...
...play - there are no back stories here and no discernable motivations - they are left stranded and wandering. Kline is particularly bereft in this regard. He's no longer detecting; he's the show's chief of security and he can't find anything useful to do in the narrative, except make little stabs at improvised humor that are never funny and are often embarrassing...
...feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment being here, because I’ve banged chicks in every school in the Ivy League except Harvard,” said MacFarlane-turned-Quagmire. “You are by far the toughest to get into...