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Word: hear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...most issues, the candidates sing in harmony: They all oppose President Barack Obama’s plans to reform health care and stop global warming. But listen closely, and you’ll hear subtle differences. For instance, Caligiuri wanted “strong financial incentives” to curb emissions, while Foley acknowledged, “I think the cap and trade system should be a small part of the solution...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Dump Dodd—Then What? | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...pass legislation before his deadline is the worst setback Obama has seen in his six months in office. The monthlong break will give critics ample time to hone their messages of "too much, too soon" and stir up grass-roots opposition, and members of Congress will go home to hear what constituents have to say. As President Lyndon Johnson, the great master of the Senate, warned his staff after his 1964 landslide, "every day while I'm in office, I'm gonna lose votes." Some 56% of Americans believe that Obama can implement a national health plan in the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Biggest Hurdles to Health-Care Reform | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...movie is not one of those genial Brit rom-coms like Notting Hill or Four Weddings and a Funeral. It's closer to the high-IQ ranting in plays by John Osborne and TV dramas by Dennis Potter. Put all these witty, rancid voices together and you hear the wail of a depleted nation that has lost nearly every imperial perquisite but the power to call other people idiots, and the skill to carry it off with salacious style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Loop: Stinging Strangelovean Satire | 7/26/2009 | See Source »

...have an opinion about us and our brand than for him to just melt into the background with all the other advertising that is out there. Would I prefer that you and other critics find him appealing? Absolutely. But I will take the fact that you notice, that you hear our message and that you have a point of view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is Six Flags Targeting Kids with a Creepy Old Guy? | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

...witness in the case against Libby. Cooper had spoken to both Libby and Bush aide Karl Rove in July 2003 about Wilson's relationship to Plame. Time Inc. turned Cooper's notes over to Fitzgerald after fighting the subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court, which declined to hear Time Inc.'s appeal. Rove was not indicted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Bush and Cheney's Final Days | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

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