Word: fight
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...more than a ceremony and a document. It's definitely a commitment that two people make and I don't know if you need all those elements to make it a marriage. To me marriage is a devout commitment to make things work and figure it out and fight to stay together. I think you have to really make that commitment in your soul. Both people have...
...lack of an obvious successor for Rangel at this time of economic turmoil. The next in line for the post by seniority is California Congressman Pete Stark, one of the most liberal and hotheaded members of Congress. He has been known to challenge other members of the committee to fight him and once called a Republican colleague a "little wimp" and a "fruitcake." (See the Top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...
...similar sort of re-framing that led the American fiasco in Vietnam to occur. The hardliners in the foreign policy apparatus in the late years of the 50s refused to see the fight in Vietnam as one of local politics, denied the overriding issues of nationalism and dressed it up as a Communist bogeyman for the American public and the world. Communism turned out not to be a monolith, just as Islam isn’t, but a force shaped by local history and regional circumstances. The results of this were disastrous. This sort of logic, that simplifies, reduces...
...playing philosophy concentrator who says in his British accent that he has traveled to all seven continents. It is apparent that the two form a political odd couple. Nevertheless, Wong says that the similarity of their agendas makes them a cohesive ticket.“There was never a fight about who would be the presidential or the vice presidential candidate, about my agenda versus your agenda,” Wong says, indicating this unity. But it remains to be seen if this spontaneous partnership—made up of two individuals with differing backgrounds and personalities—will...
...will ever doubt that this former Army chief of staff has the courage to stand up for our troops and our veterans," Obama said at the Chicago press conference at which he announced his choice of Shinseki. "No one will ever question whether he will fight hard enough to make sure that they have the support that they need...