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Word: handleless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...governing body does insane rituals like the Senate--with its handleless gavel, seersucker-suit day every June and Republican candy desk. It's like Pee-wee's Playhouse with more sex scandals. But nothing is crazier than the fact that every two years, the Senate must break from trillion-dollar bailouts and Iraq-war allocations so that everyone who wants to can switch offices. Each office is allotted by seniority, which is calculated according to a formula that involves number of years in the Senate, previous federal jobs, the size of your state and eight other factors. Obviously, Robert Byrd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moving On Up: The Senate Shifts Offices | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

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