Word: fitful
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...book, you mention the idea that everything in life is either taken or traded, that nothing exists outside of those two categories. You said you were fascinated with this topic and tried to find something that didn't fit in either category. Did you ever find anything? That's an idea from [Canadian writer and activist] Jane Jacobs. The one that I propose that doesn't [fit] is a pawnshop, because you can pledge an item and then redeem it later. Sometimes it's taking, and sometimes it's trading. It's the shifting, ambiguous nature of pawnshoppery...
...years old, devoid of military or appointed-office experience, Obama seems to fall most easily into the last of these categories. But it's not a perfect fit. For one thing, Obama seems to have far more self-control than Roosevelt, Kennedy and Clinton. He also has less high-level political experience. Kennedy had already served 14 years in Washington (six as a Congressman, eight as a Senator) before ascending to Camelot. Obama, as pre-Palin Republicans once enjoyed pointing out, has yet to complete his first Senate term...
...primary, says Gregg Erickson, editor at large for the Alaska Budget Report. Don Mitchell, a Democratic attorney and historian, calls Palin an instinctive politician whose talents rival Ronald Reagan's, and he thinks she could beat Murkowski - but he predicts that Palin would find the Senate a poor fit for her disposition. "She'd have to come in like Hillary Clinton, put her celebrity aside and work hard at getting respected," he says. "I can't see her doing that...
...seemingly better fit would be a run for President in 2012. Palin has the ambition for it: note her efforts to distance herself from the failing McCain campaign by criticizing the use of robocalls and the decision to pull out of Michigan and by saying that just packing her bags for Alaska after a defeat would make her efforts "for naught." You'll know she is making presidential plans if she blames McCain for their loss and starts fundraising and networking with conservatives across the country. Could she win? Palin has shown her ability to connect with the conservative base...
...something new, and it’s so different from playing forward,” she admits. “[The coaches] are going to start involving our defense more in the attack, they want us to jump in and stuff, and I feel like I fit in pretty well being a defensive forward.”Tri-captain Jenny Brine agrees with Ryabkina’s self-assessment. “She makes a great fourth attacker when coming down the ice. She’s such a powerful player,” Brine explains...