Word: leash
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...authorizing President Bush to use force against Iraq. It was votes like his that gave rise to Howard Dean; his insurgent campaign drew most of its early oxygen from voters angry at the Democrats in Washington, who seemed unable or unwilling to keep the President on any kind of leash. Cynics noted that all the Democrats with national aspirations--including Edwards, Lieberman, Kerry and, down the road, Hillary Clinton--had voted for the war. In Kerry's case, it was viewed as an antidote to his 1991 vote against the first Gulf War, since he couldn't be seen...
Weinstein suspects the time leash is even tighter than it seems. "Whatever commercials and ads you're going to run for nominated films, you'd better do it quickly," he warns. "I think people are going to vote faster this year, upon receiving their ballots [which the Academy mails out Wednesday]. I figure, about a week later, this thing is over...
...assumed a new and humble tone: to his mantra "You have the power," he added "I need your help." Hoarse from a cold, he planted his feet on the stage of the peach-and-cream Claremont Opera House with his hands in his pockets and an all but visible leash, to make sure he did not jab and roam and punch too hard. He cut his stump speech almost in half so he could take more questions, show more leg. And he started talking about his warts so much that even some of his Deanie babies asked him to quit...
...with 14 minutes remaining in the first half, Murphy put the leash back on Fitzpatrick and his offense, rushing on five of seven plays to close out the half and throwing only on third down...
...Bark started six years ago as a newsletter to fight for a leash-free park in Berkeley, Calif., but it has turned into the New Yorker for dog lovers. With 75,000 subscribers and the motto "Dog is my co-pilot," the magazine has featured writers such as Amy Tan, Peter Mayle and Lynda Barry, and has run a long article on canine blood banks and a regular column on animal behavior called "Both Ends of the Leash." And then there's the four-year-old Animal Fair, a lifestyle magazine that claims a circulation...