Word: knighting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Cloud. "If their legislature approves gay marriage, then maybe we could see more things like Proposition 22, but it doesn't look like Vermont is going to pass that." All hope is not lost, though, for those in favor of sanctioned homosexual unions. Proposition 22, also known as the "Knight Initiative," after the proposal's sponsor, State Senator Pete Knight - whose gay son campaigned actively against the measure - was largely a mandate of the older population, while exit polls showed the under-40 crowd as evenly divided...
This was a far cry from last week when it was Bala's point-blank shot that ricocheted into a Golden Knight two-on-one that produced the deciding goal...
...play, the Chalk Circle is drawn, and the child (a doll) must crawl toward the mother of its choice. But instead of two mothers, we here have three: the rich Pamela, the loving Dulle Griet, and Christa (Laura Knight), the returned biological mother. The play ends on a note of grim irony that seems at odds with the other happy-ending aspects of the conclusion. While the irony has been present throughout, it isn't evident enough at the very end to leave the viewer feeling particularly moved. Nonetheless, the play successfully manages to be both entertaining and intellectual, always...
...remind people about my record--remind people that I'm comin' with a record from outside Washington." But it is a measure of the trouble Bush is in that when he started doing that--unveiling a new slogan, A REFORMER WITH RESULTS--he was trying to climb inside the knight's armor already worn by John McCain. And going after McCain for "passing the plate to lobbyists and special interests" is an odd choice for Bush, the $67 million candidate who refuses to abide by federal fund-raising limits. So by the time Bush hit Newberry, S.C., and started stringing...
...Knight--the first female president of Pudding Theatricals--received a standing ovation from the audience after Curtis praised her accomplishment...