Word: grayer
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...time, which is what makes the spectacle so compelling. The changing President is the perfect mirror of a changing country. He's trying to become the leader that America needs right now, just as America is trying to become the nation it needs to be. Though his hair seems grayer since Sept. 11, his face a touch more careworn, Bush has told a number of friends and advisers that he has never known such clarity of purpose, such certainty that he is the right person for the moment. He is buoyed by his faith that God has chosen...
...aura of simple earnestness. Maybe he understood that there was only so much a candidate could do at this late stage. Or maybe he had sacrificed some of his energy to the hundreds of thousands of miles that it took to get to this point. His hair was grayer than when he started. But his message, an answer to the challenge of campaigning against an incumbent administration during peace and prosperity, was mostly unchanged...
...figures it produced were staggering. In the past eight years, the number of Americans found to have Type 2 (or adult-onset) diabetes--the type commonly associated with obesity--has jumped a whopping 33%, from 4.9% of the population to 6.5%. Though the disease has traditionally been seen in grayer age groups--those 45 or older--the greatest increase appears to be occurring among 30- to 39-year-olds, who have seen a stunning 70% jump. Among racial groups, Hispanics were hit hardest of all, with a 38% increase. Whites came in next at 29%, and African Americans were last...
Forget the fact that the game was already won after the second inning. Never mind that the sky was grayer than the Yankees' aging roster, or that the air was colder than the reception received by Roger Clemens the last time he pitched in Boston...