Word: guts
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With the grace of a Ginsu-knife salesman, Donald Trump mixes advice--"Go with your gut" and "When somebody screws you, screw them back in spades"--with self-aggrandizing outbursts, like declaring that his dealmaking is so superb he "could negotiate peace in the Middle East." He is echoed only somewhat less obnoxiously by his co-writer, Bill Zanker. Thankfully, Trump stops short of listing the powerful women he claims to have slept with. "If I did, this book would sell 10 million copies," he says, adding smugly, "maybe it will anyway." Unfortunately, he's probably right...
...gut feeling, having just seen the minimum amount of campaigning, the minimum amount of interest, [is] that we may see a lower number than last time,” said Robert Winters, who runs a local political blog...
...sure everyone else got theirs. In the 1970s, the House and Senate agriculture committees cleverly tacked food stamps onto farm bills to solidify the support of urban legislators. But when Republicans seized Congress in 1994, promising a revolutionary age of fiscal conservatism and free-market capitalism, they vowed to gut command-and-coddle farm policies that they compared to Soviet communism. They wanted the government to treat agriculture like any other business, and they said they'd offer farmers a deal: no more supply controls, so farmers could plant what they wanted, but no more subsidies, so they would have...
...Gut gemacht! Bon faite, garçon! Whether it is his multi-lingual Swiss compatriots or just a group of Crimson Crazies, sophomore defender and part-time forward extraordinaire Kwaku Nyamekye is quickly becoming the newest fan favorite to grace the pitch at Ohiri. “He’s just an amazing athlete,” said senior goalkeeper Adam Hahn. “His athleticism, his awareness and the way he can combine that athleticism with a nice touch on the ball. It’d be tough to find a better centerback in the country...
...they ever expected. They acknowledge that Giuliani has likely identified Hillary Clinton as the best unifying issue the Republicans may have in what is shaping up to be a year not otherwise favorable to them. Several people linked to other campaigns told TIME that they are impressed with the gut-level nature of his speeches - as well as his reliably optimistic public persona. And Giuliani is beginning to get the notice of Democrats who just weeks ago, like many Republicans, could not imagine that he would survive the primaries. Said one longtime Democratic strategist, "He could complicate this thing...