Word: flexing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...President, one of Bush's challenges has been to remind voters of what Laura Bush calls her husband's softer side. That has been adviser Karen Hughes' assignment--to fold in the egg whites, make sure he talks about flex time and the "ownership society." The Bush campaign has a special W Stands for Women division (you can buy the pink baseball caps on its website) that is dedicated to showcasing for women the merits of the No Child Left Behind law, praising the Administration's work against the global sex-slave trade and highlighting the increase in women...
...campaign, while continuing to stress his strong-on- terrorism message, has added more traditional appeals. At a women's issues event in Charlotte, N.C., last week, the President noted many more women work now than did in "the old days" and said he wanted to push for more flex time. --By Unmesh Kher. Reported by John F. Dickerson and Karen Tumulty
...rest of the world, though, cannot help but watch in wonder as Shi and 406 other members of China's Olympic delegation flex their muscles on the world's largest sporting stage. China has long been considered the province of leaping gymnasts and twirling divers, but the rise of this 24-year-old Asian Atlas underscores the country's dramatic impact on the medal rankings after just two decades of Olympic participation. Three days into the 16-day Games, China was already halfway to its officially projected medal count of 20 golds. By Saturday, the country's medal pouch...
...even if the world is changing, many of the ideas Bush is touting have been on the shelf for years. The President is proposing incentives for employers to offer flex-time arrangements that would allow workers to work longer hours so they could accrue comp time and use it at their discretion. He is also preparing to unveil a successor to the No Child Left Behind Act that would try to make high schools more accountable--the first bill was directed more at younger kids--and a proposal that would make community colleges more accessible through increased financial aid. Other...
...easily on a tightly compacted 6-ft. frame. Hanging from his wide shoulders are a pair of long supple arms terminating in a pair of scoop-shovel hands that can pull him cleanly through the water with scarcely a ripple. He also has the curious ability to flex his lower legs slightly forward at the knees, which allows him to kick 6 to 12 in. deeper in the water than his opponents. Says his father Arnold, a production engineer: "Mark's whole body is so flexible that the water just seems to slip by him." ... Said Spitz before the games...