Word: familiarizes
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...that of Obama's former top White House lawyer, Greg Craig, who fought to implement Obama's campaign-trail positions on counterterrorism but fell out of favor when they became politically unpopular after Obama took office. Holder "is getting the Greg Craig treatment," says an Administration official who is familiar with the White House deliberations...
...White House officials are concerned about the politics. "The White House is acting like [Holder's] great sin was the failure to read the mood of Congress," says the Administration official familiar with the White House deliberations. Justice officials insist that Holder has the President's support. "Definitely the President is with him," says a senior Justice official. "The President sees it exactly as Holder does." Others are not so sure. "You haven't heard anyone leaping forward to say they back the Attorney General right now," the official familiar with Administration deliberations says...
Today Gates is fighting to buy more of those Russian helicopters, considered the Kalashnikovs of the sky. The Iraqis and Afghans are familiar with them. They're hardy and easier to fly than Black Hawks, and their engines are better at handling the tough Afghan altitudes...
...choice to retain every last syllable of Fitzgerald’s work is a bold one, but it pays off. Rather than becoming a sort of story time for adults, “Gatz” instead challenges the audience to reconsider familiar prose by framing it in a novel context...
...community, with a superciliousness that makes for a typical target of Tassie’s witty internal monologue. Tassie’s tone careens between ribald and elegiac, making “A Gate at the Stairs” a novel to read with caution. Tassie’s familiar voice can distract from Moore’s understated style and her love of detail and word games...