Word: johnson
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...resolutions go, this one seems deceptively modest. "My ambition is to exterminate the word 'bumbling' from the vocabulary of profilers," says Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate to become mayor of London. "There's going to be a massive stamping down on the bumbling. Much less bumbling." A quick search on Google reveals the scale of the problem: a combination of the words Boris Johnson and bumbling produces more than 27,600 results. Sample sentence: "Everyone keeps telling me Boris Johnson's bumbling idiot routine is just that - a routine. I'm not so sure...
...rebound, and the puck flew over the cage in a scuffle for control. But the Crimson also survived tense moments in the second period. With sophomore Alex Biega in the penalty box for tripping, Dartmouth’s top scoring combination peppered Richter with multiple shots. Captain Nick Johnson, on a three-game scoring streak, and J.T. Wyman, who is 12th in the nation in points per game, challenged Richter with a shot and followed with a quick rebound attempt. The play ended with Richter flat on his back on the ice and the game still scoreless. The Harvard faithful...
...good news is that the White House is seemingly the only place green hasn't gone mainstream. Just last week, 150 top global corporations - including General Electric, Johnson & Johnson and Shell - endorsed a petition calling for mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, a business position unthinkable just a year ago. Australia - a Kyoto holdout, like the U.S. - just elected a new Prime Minister with a strong environmental record who says he'll ratify the Protocol. States and cities in the U.S. have taken their own steps on climate change in the absence of action from the White House, and Congress...
...private cartel (the Federal Reserve) instead of free-market forces, there is room for manipulation. I wish media institutions like Time would stop dismissing scrutiny of something as important as the monetary system. You do a disservice not only to yourselves but to future generations as well. Ben Johnson, Chicago...
...pimps don’t commit suicide.” Such is the reasoning of Boxer Santaros as he struggles to save the world in Richard Kelly’s “Southland Tales.” Played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (“The Scorpion King”), Santaros mysteriously turns up at the beginning of the film with amnesia. He’s a movie star who co-writes a screenplay (with a porn star, no less) about the end of the world as we know it. What Santaros...