Word: jim
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...discuss his plans, though some of the columnists have not been so coy. The news "hit like a chunk of loose viaduct," wrote sports columnist Art Thiel. "I expected to react to this somber state of affairs by getting drunk, but I haven't," wrote fellow sports columnist Jim Moore. Editorial cartoonist David Horsey, who, as McCumber puts it, legally owns two Pulitzers, observed that owning a newspaper is "quite suddenly a sucker...
...want to buy stupid stuff. "We keep hearing we need to spend more. On what?" a transition aide asked. Obama's latest economic report predicted at least three more years of fairly high unemployment even if the stimulus succeeds, so speed can't be the only criterion. Democrat Jim Oberstar of Minnesota, chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, has suggested that shovel-ready should apply to projects that can begin within a year, not just 90 days. This would give a real boost to mass transit; a two-year window would leave even more time to make...
...historic Turkish-Armenian tensions. Republicans and Democrats alike were lavish in their praise. Senator Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican, extolled "her impressive skills, her compassion, her collegiality." California Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer blurted out, "I'm so excited to see you here today!" Even firebrand South Carolina Republican Senator Jim DeMint said he was "optimistic and hopeful about [Clinton's] role as Secretary of State...
...Smaller than Hitler's heart." - Jim Murray, sportswriter, on Henderson's barely-there strike zone, Sports Illustrated, April...
...international activities include tours on the lecture circuit, which earn him tens of thousands of dollars per speech, and a massive charitable foundation, which has received contributions from multiple foreign sources, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, as well as the military contractor Blackwater. Republicans like South Carolina's Jim DeMint are expected to grill Clinton on the disclosure requirements that she and her husband agreed to in lengthy negotiations last month. In the end, however, the scrutiny by Clinton's colleagues on Capitol Hill will seem a light challenge compared with those she will soon face abroad...