Word: fight
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...immediately started what has been our mantra since then: safe and free. We knew this would be seen as an inevitable trade-off; we'd have to choose [between them], and freedoms would be the sacrificial lamb, so to speak, if we were going to have national security and fight terrorism...
...legacy, Stevens didn't let on. The Senator, who is currently up for re-election, treated the verdict like it was just another attack ad in a political season, issuing a statement that hit right back at "prosecutorial misconduct." He promised, as he has in the past, to fight for his election to the finish, and to "fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have." Said Stevens: "I am innocent." He will head to Alaska later this week, presumably to take part in a debate with his opponent on Thursday...
...governor's race by running loudly against the corrupt old-boys' network. With Stevens, she was more circumspect. It was a "sad day for Alaska," she said in a statement, adding that the verdict was a reflection of "the culture of corruption I was elected to fight." She cryptically ended with the hope that Stevens "will do what is right for the people of Alaska." Palin is still the most popular politician in Alaska - a throaty defense of Stevens could help him carry the day, while a call for his resignation could compound his worries. Her statement did neither, leaving...
...Harvard must emerge as a leader in the global fight against climate change. Last week’s celebrations proved that there is a will. Hopefully, Harvard’s future behavior will prove that there is a way as well...
...four years ago. When Obama stood before his party elders and declared that "there's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America," he was talking to a crowd of party faithful inflamed with hatred for George W. Bush and eager to fight every campaign as an all-out war on the Republican Party: crush them, flay them, eat their children. It was a first chance to see who were his potential friends and who would be his enemies...