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Word: jabbed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Bush rejected the Vietnam analogy when he spoke to the nation Tuesday night. Did that reporter really think Bush would liken the situation in Iraq to America's great quagmire? But it was a surprise that Bush sounded so much like that other wartime Texan, Lyndon Johnson. His jab that the mere mention of the Vietnam analogy was demoralizing to troops and comforting to enemies seemed, ironically, to be a reminder of the 60s when protestors, not without cause, were chided the same way. With his literally limitless commitment to government power in Iraq Bush sounded like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sizing Up Bush's Press Conference | 4/13/2004 | See Source »

...both Knoc-turn’al’s lyrics and flow are original. His appeal to the West Coast listener base feels authentic when he declares, “I got shell toes on / I don’t wear them Tims,” taking a subtle jab at the East Coast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Music | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...Boston Ritz-Carlton, is living evidence that Cage was nearly perfect in his on-screen portrayal of that self-referential script’s author. Kaufman has the same quietly intense air as his film double, leans over in the same way to burst out with a self-deprecating jab or an enthusiastic riff...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kaufman, Gondry Give Pieces of ‘Mind’ | 3/5/2004 | See Source »

...keynote speakers seldom passed up an opportunity to take a jab at the Bush administration...

Author: By Joseph A. Pace, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Environmental Conference Decries Warming | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...mantra "You have the power," he added "I need your help." Hoarse from a cold, he planted his feet on the stage of the peach-and-cream Claremont Opera House with his hands in his pockets and an all but visible leash, to make sure he did not jab and roam and punch too hard. He cut his stump speech almost in half so he could take more questions, show more leg. And he started talking about his warts so much that even some of his Deanie babies asked him to quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: What Becomes A President Most? | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

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