Word: knot
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...before the Iowa debate, Bush's staff persuaded him to face the press in an impromptu news conference. The scene conveyed as much as the evasive answers: Bush cornered by a knot of reporters, undeterred by the almost arctic temperatures. For 15 minutes he challenged the premise of many questions and repeatedly pleaded a failure to remember. He staunchly refused to discuss what advice he had given the President, although he has portrayed himself at times as a solid supporter of the arms-to-Iran fiasco and at other times as a man who expressed some private reservations...
...fact that two-thirds of all Swedish couples have lived together before marriage; among the young, the level is almost 90%. (Although there are no reliable figures, the U.S. percentage is believed to be considerably lower.) Thus Swedes who do not share the same roof before tying the knot are more conservative than the rest of the society and may be more dedicated to preserving even a shaky marriage. Says Swedish % Demographer Erland Hofsten: "It would be dangerous to use a study like this in an ongoing debate in the U.S. about young American couples...
Evers, who started the game with three misses and was yanked after only 1:29 had elapsed, buried three consecutive long jumpers to knot the score...
...first five minutes of the second half saw more of the same, until senior guard Mary Baldauf made a midcourt steal and dished the ball off to senior point guard Barb Keffer. Keffer, who led the Crimson with 16 points, took an easy layup to knot the score...
...history by the leaders of two adversary nations to resolve a point of tension between them. Never before has the word elimination appeared in the heading of a nuclear arms-control treaty. It is a dramatic example of the practitioners of nuclear diplomacy taking a sword to the Gordian knot...