Word: flexing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...during the Reagan years that Falwell seemed to most flex his political muscles, pushing the newly minted Republican Administration to tighten laws regulating abortion, preaching against homosexuality and pornography and pushing for looser tax treatment of, and more generous federal grants to, parochial and Christian schools. Falwell also dabbled in foreign policy, supporting Israeli sovereignty against the Palestinians and opposing the Reagan Administration when it announced plans to sell early warning planes to Saudi Arabia. The Moral Majority lasted only a decade, until l989. But Falwell remained a controversial figure - and a go-to source for politicians and reporters seeking...
...almost emboldened it: it showed the state - which may pass New York in the next census as the nation's third most populous state - what a potential bellwether and kingmaker it had become. As a result, Florida's leaders have been clamoring for a primary position that lets it flex its new electoral clout. "More and more," says new Florida Governor Charlie Crist, "the nation is looking to Florida...
...Diwaniyah, a town roughly 80 miles away from Baghdad, may be the wave of the near future if Sadr decides to flex his muscle. With more U.S. troops being sent to Baghdad, fighters from Sadr's Mahdi Army began appearing in force in Diwaniyah, a predominantly Shi'ite area of about 400,000 people sitting amid some of Iraq's most fertile farmlands. Violence soon followed. Women accused of violating the draconian brand of Islamic law espoused by al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia began turning up dead in Diwaniyah. Residents working with coalition forces at a Polish army...
...ones paid lavish tribute in Grindhouse--that the gals in guy-genre films finally had something to do: take charge, kick ass and kill people. The films weren't exactly feminist, since the actresses usually had to take off their blouses before they could flex their muscles. But they gave women a snarly, ballsy attitude, and the chance to be as quick on the draw as John Wayne...
...religious left may now see an opportunity to flex its muscles in the 2008 presidential campaign, but the religious left is hardly a new phenomenon. Most Americans are probably familiar with the following names: Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Robert Drinan, William Sloane Coffin, Paul Moore, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Evan Edwards, New York City...