Word: fray
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...while. She was a pinch-hitter [Wednesday].” After witnessing the transition of a very large freshman class last year—and negotiating his own transition from Arizona State to a new program at Harvard—Leone now throws another group of rookies into the fray. Four freshmen started Wednesday night’s contest, with Melanie Baskind putting seven shots on goal and Patricia Yau one. “We’re just trying to get them as much experience as possible,” Leone said. “It?...
...Anchorage's NBC affiliate. Between 2004 and 2007, after getting into government, she wrote a series of op-eds for the Anchorage Daily News that offer clues about why Sen. McCain picked her in the first place - and what to expect now that she's entered the national election fray...
...militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr stepped back into Iraq's political fray Friday with an offer that (if genuine) Washington would be hard-pressed to refuse: Set a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, and the Mahdi Army will begin to disband. "The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence," said Sadr emissary Salah al-Ubaidi, who spoke to reporters in Najaf Friday. "If the American military begins to withdrawal, there will be no need for these armed groups...
...says Smith. His ''platform'' is basically the highway itself, which will generate revenues for Bell Atlantic in the form of subscriber fees. Thus Paramount, a classic provider of such programming, is really not critical to this new venture, and Smith says Bell Atlantic has no intention of entering the fray. For their part, Barry Diller's allies contend that they don't need the backing of Bell Atlantic to prevail in the Paramount battle. Diller is about to add an additional $500 million or more to his war chest from Cox Enterprises; he already has $2 billion of bank financing...
...Well, you know, years six and seven of a two-term Administration, people always say that, because the curdling gets so bad you can smell it from a mile away. And that draws even the comedians who normally just talk about TV commercials and airlines into the fray. I mean, it was true at this point with the Reagan Administration. It was true at this point with the Clinton Administration. It just seems to be a pattern. We get tired of them even in the best Administrations long before the second term is over. Something bad starts to happen...