Word: frayed
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...think the races were suddenly winnable. It stretched all the way back to a series of meetings last January of Rove's Strategic Initiatives office (nicknamed "strategery" after the Saturday Night Live parody of Bush's malapropisms). Bush's top aides debated whether to keep the President above the fray during the midterms--"to protect him," as Rove says--or to put his wartime popularity to political use. They decided on the latter and took their recommendation to Bush. "As far as Bush was concerned, the real risk would have been to sit on his hands when...
Once separated from the fray for more than two weeks, the spectacle becomes nauseating. The couples sacrificing their relationships for momentary fame on reality television and the game show hosts in minimal outfits are just embarrassing themselves. Those people of questionable intelligence who trek down 30 red carpets a year become laughable. Did anyone catch this summer’s MTV Music Video Awards? Who are these people? Who ever thought that this is okay...
...pair have engaged in a series of fiery debates on the topic, and their rivalry is a source of amusement for locals?most of whom are content to believe in the phenomenon's supernatural provenance. Next year, new combatants will enter the fray. Scientists from Bangkok's King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi say they plan to settle the mystery once and for all. They have developed a submarine robot capable of probing the river's depths and reporting back to a land-based control center. But "some things are better left alone," warns Pang, the 70-year-old riverbank...
...last night, it remained unclear whether additional candidates would join the fray...
...INDICATORS Above, Or Out Of, The Fray? Whether they cut, thrust or stood still, central banks brought gloom last week. After the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed rates from 1.75% to a 40-year-low of 1.25%, many saw it as a sign of deep economic trouble, and markets fell. Then the European Central Bank kept its rate at 3.25%, prompting concerns that it wasn't doing enough for the economy - and markets fell more. Right To Work Harder Unionists from South Korea's largest industries launched a strike to keep the government from cutting the workweek from 44 hours...