Word: godsends
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...team that consistently has had trouble stringing hits together, the second inning explosion was a godsend...
Lamont Library also provides synopses of great works, under the name of Masterplots. This collection, which condenses many classic novels into brief two-to-three page synopses, is a crunch-time godsend for many students...
...more power in the government in Washington." But he voted for more federal spending on the military, farm subsidies, rural public works projects and entitlement programs. The main federal activities he opposed were taxes and programs for the poor. When supply-side economics came along, it was a special godsend to Lott: a theology that encouraged tax cuts without spending cuts, a new way to avoid hard choices...
...tournament where you are only as good as your last game, it was a godsend...
...fact, the tunnel opening was a godsend for Arafat. "The Israelis threw him a golden opportunity, and he pounced on it," says Khalil Shikaki, director of the Center of Palestine Research and Studies, based in Nablus. For one thing, embracing the uprising offered Arafat the prospect of improving his standing with his own people, which had fallen unprecedentedly low. Says Shikaki, whose center regularly monitors public opinion: "Optimism about the future had flown out the window." Palestinians blamed mostly the Israelis for their hopelessness, but also Arafat and his P.A. They felt their leadership had been duped into a dead...