Word: gird
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...even as Western cities gird for more carnage, reports from Western Pakistan claim that al-Qaeda's Number 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri has been surrounded and that his boss can't be far behind. Pakistani officials began to backpedal on some of those claims, Friday, conceding that it was based simply on the intensity of the resistance they're encountering on their sweep through a tribal area in the hunt for al-Qaeda fugitives. Still, the head of France's military announced on Monday that Osama bin Laden had more than once in recent weeks narrowly escaped from French troops...
While there is no evidence that the total number of physicians in the U.S. has declined, some veteran practitioners in states with sky-high malpractice premiums are quitting medicine. Even in states where malpractice insurance remains relatively affordable, doctors are increasingly practicing more "defensive medicine," trying to gird themselves against possible lawsuits by ordering unnecessary tests and thereby driving up health-care costs...
...best hope lies in forcing the invaders into a fight for the capital. If Saddam's survival concept is based on the political effects of a Baghdad-as-Stalingrad scenario, that may prompt him, at least initially, to keep any chemical and biological munitions tethered and gird for a defense of the capital. But in order to inspire even loyal forces to defend Baghdad and other key cities, Saddam's priority would be to avoid collapse in the face of U.S. bombing. That requires not only demonstrating that he has survived the initial onslaught, but also that at least some...
...temporary, perfectly reasonable combination of rebate checks, fiscal relief for states and short-term investment inducements with a net 10-year cost, they say, of about $36 billion. It would provide a measurable short-term boost to the economy. It won't break the budget. But as the Republicans gird for the spring's big battle, the White House seems to betting on two things besides Bill Frist and his slight numerical edge in the Senate. One, that people will overlook the costs when the budget's already busted. Two, that whether or not these tax cuts bring back...
...succeeds in obtaining the Book, a compendium of fairy rules and regulations, and then breaks its arcane coded hieroglyphs with the aid of his trusty Apple PowerBook. Next, he captures a real live fairy: Holly Short, a captain in the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police reconnaissance) detail. The fairy denizens gird to rescue one of their own, and guess who wins...