Word: lets
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...when you win, be cautious, because you’ve got to find out how you won or how you need to do it again. We’ve got to work as hard as we’ve been working since the season started, and we cannot now let the break take us back a step...
...bludgeon our enemies into submission if only we don't lose our will. But Ronald Reagan didn't bludgeon Mikhail Gorbachev into submission; he seduced him with intensive diplomatic engagement and arms-control agreements that thawed the Cold War. It was only after that thaw that Gorby let Eastern Europe go free. Eventually, it will probably take a similar thawing to get regimes like Iran and Syria out of the terrorism business...
...borrow a timely euphemism, athletes "transgress" so often that when it comes time to calculate the damage, the candor of the confession usually trumps the severity of the sin. Tiger Woods shanked his apology, waiting several excruciating days to state that he had "let his family down" and was "far short of perfect." Alleged mistresses are popping up to dish details of late-night trysts, fans are aghast and the pitchfork-wielding pundits are bloodying their former hero with barely concealed glee. But instead of demonizing a star who was worshipped by millions, it's worth pausing to consider...
...have a few hundred million to spare. But history's best golfer will undoubtedly seize the chance to repair his reputation the way he earned it in the first place. One Sunday next year, Woods will catch fire, tear past the competition and hoist another trophy. When that happens, let's hope fans remember that public prowess does not equal private virtue, and that we should reserve our adulation for those whom we know are actually deserving...
...Senate confirmation process for the federal prosecutor post is now moot because the nomination has been dropped. In any case, Hanes already has another job in Washington, a political appointment with the Justice Department at a post overseeing juvenile justice issues. Those close to Baucus are concerned that he let the Hanes revelation come up while he was in the middle of the health-care battle, possibly the most crucial legislative action of his long career...