Word: gate
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...Edwards leaves the race having made a big impact on the two remaining candidates. His populist rhetoric forced his rivals to compete for union support, and he was the first out of the gate with detailed plans for universal healthcare and education, putting pressure on the field to match him. "He led on just about every single issue: poverty, economic stimulus to universal healthcare," said Joe Trippi, a senior adviser to Edwards' campaign. "He pushed both of them further than they would've gone without him. When they wanted to blur the lines and not have real proposals, he came...
...when he kinda-sorta-almost ran for Senate against Hillary Clinton in 2000; he actually blew off his get-to-know-you tour among the GOP elites of upstate New York to attend the home opener at Yankee Stadium. He was still saying Tuesday that Florida could be a "gate-opener," building momentum for Feb. 5, but he seemed to sense that the gate was slamming shut. And he didn't seem to mind that much. He seemed to be enjoying himself, which wasn't usually the case in New York. "We've been campaigning in Florida so long...
...leaders held a minute of silence to remember Mugabe Were, a young lawmaker with Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement, who was slain as he drove up to his gate in Nairobi late Monday night. The police said they had detained three people in Were's killing, which bore all the hallmarks of an assassination: he was shot at least twice in the head from a car that had pulled up next to his. "It is despicable that a member of parliament should be assassinated in this manner," Odinga told reporters earlier in the day. "We have witnessed five bullets that...
...fairy-tale pastoral scene - Hussein runs a real estate business, although he says he hasn't rented or sold a house in four or five years. "The main reason we don't have any business is that the people who come here don't care - they just break the gate and occupy the house. Some people arrange this." He is nervous, afraid to say anything more...
...west side of Beijing's Workers' Stadium?where many of the 2008 Olympic soccer events will be held?is ground zero for the capital's party animals. Stretching south of the stadium gate is a row of huge dance clubs with names like Babyface, Coco Banana, Cargo and Angel, each competing with its neighbors to be bigger, brighter and louder. But on the other side of the road, the offices and shops are shuttered by late evening. Only one discreet neon sign is visible above a small stairway: Destination?Beijing's premier gay club...