Word: jousting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Ready, Set ... Debate How badly do both sides want to win? As the Bush and Kerry teams prepare to joust this week, no detail, from pens to podiums, has been overlooked...
Inflatable rides have become an essential ingredient of Springfest. Bouncy Boxing, in which opponents on an inflated stage box each other with oversized mitts, drew scores of students. Other favorites included Human Foosball, Pedestal Joust, Whirly Bird, Rocky Mountain and an inflated climbing wall...
...Pedestal Joust also attracted a crowd of male pre-frosh...
...Reagans skirmish was less about objective facts than subjective balance--which of Reagan's actions really mattered, which didn't, who gets credit, who gets blame--something historians will joust over for decades. No one with sense expects a mini-series to answer those questions, but if The Reagans' critics--and defenders--didn't invest it with more import than it deserved, there would be no advantage to be gained. Truth be told, little real damage can be done by a sensationalized mini-series or a network's cowardly cave-in. But opportunistic partisans have something in common with opportunistic...
...Reagans skirmish was less about objective facts than subjective balance - which of Reagan's actions really mattered, which didn't, who gets credit, who gets blame - something historians will joust over for decades. No one with sense expects a mini-series to answer those questions, but if The Reagans' critics - and defenders - didn't invest it with more import than it deserved, there would be no advantage to be gained. Truth be told, little real damage can be done by a sensationalized mini-series or a network's cowardly cave-in. But opportunistic partisans have something in common with opportunistic...