Word: flings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Paxman's Iraq foray was rare in this campaign. Trust may be an issue, but Iraq isn't, largely because the Conservative opposition supported the invasion. The Tories are led by Michael Howard, a veteran Thatcherite brought in from the pasture for a last fling. He has chosen to run a campaign that is, by turns, ugly and inane. A prominent Tory told me that Howard is a great believer in the voodoo cooked up by political consultants and has decided to build his campaign around five issues that floated to the surface in focus groups. They are predictably anodyne...
...opening period, Du threaded a leading pass to Maki through the neutral zone that allowed him to slip behind two UNH defenders and skate in on Wildcats netminder Kevin Regan. As he was hauled down from behind, Maki wound up for a booming wrist shot, which he managed to fling into the top left corner of the net just before crashing to the ice at 9:26, staking the Crimson to a 1-0 lead...
...time to yank and replant; for TV watchers, a time to clear the dead underbrush from the viewing calendar and start anew. Maybe a favorite show's been canceled; maybe the midseason replacements weren't what you hoped for; maybe you've fallen out of love with a fall fling. Whatever the reason, here are six current dramas worth transplanting into your weekly rotation before rerun season starts...
...opening period, Du threaded a leading pass to Maki through the neutral zone that allowed him to slip behind two UNH defenders and skate in on Wildcats netminder Kevin Regan. As he was hauled down from behind, Maki wound up for a booming wrist shot, which he managed to fling into the top left corner of the net just before crashing to the ice at 9:26, staking the Crimson to a 1-0 lead...
...Thus the King ended Nepal's 14-year fling with democracy, at least for now. (The King says he will rule with a council of ministers for a maximum of three years.) The democratic experiment was a widely acknowledged failure, it's true. In those 14 years, Nepal has had 14 different governments, and the public's mounting contempt for politicians has helped fuel a Maoist insurgency that has cost the lives of 11,000 people since 1996. Having witnessed the Maoist movement's transformation from a ragtag rebel group to a ruthless force of 10,000-15,000 that...