Word: fairing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have been pointed toward civil war since the new Iraqi constitution was approved last October and reinforced in the December elections," a senior U.S. intelligence official told me last week. "The Sunnis have united behind the insurgency because they don't believe the Shi'ites will give them a fair deal." In recent months, according to U.S. intelligence sources, the Saudis and Jordanians, who are predominantly Sunni, have quietly moved to support the insurgency with money and intelligence, fearing that Shi'ite Iran will dominate the new Iraqi government if the U.S. decides to leave...
...August? Let's Go to Iowa! The Iowa State Fair annually draws turkey callers, cow-chip throwers and piemakers from across the Hawkeye State. This year's fair, which begins next week, is attracting a crowd of competitors from farther afield: possible White House contenders hunting for votes ahead...
...Iowa State Fair annually draws turkey callers, cow-chip throwers and piemakers from across the Hawkeye State. This year's fair, which begins next week, is attracting a crowd of competitors from farther afield: possible White House contenders hunting for votes ahead--way ahead--of the Iowa presidential caucuses in January 2008. Democratic Senators Evan Bayh of Indiana and Joe Biden of Delaware and the Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are all expected to swoop in to smile, shake hands and maybe taste the fair's famed fried Twinkies. Also planning to visit Iowa in August: 2004 Democratic running...
Anthony Mann would have turned 100 last month, if he hadn't died 39 years ago last April. A centenary is reason enough to celebrate the work of an artist-artisan who lays fair claim to being Hollywood's finest unsung director...
...emerged, armed (rationally) with a pen, a key, and a coat hanger in order to flee past him to reception.Perhaps such unpleasant reminders of my vulnerability should be enough to make me stay at home. Any woman bold enough to stray alone from the family fold is surely fair game. She would be better off finding some nice secretarial work close to home or meekly holding the boat steady while her menfolk make merry. Or, as Mansfield would have it, perhaps I was responsible for endangering myself by being so immodest as to travel alone (at night no less!).Auspiciously...