Word: linchpins
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...doubt that Italy should cruise into the second round, but with the Italians there's always a chance for dramatics. Playing in Group G against Ecuador, Croatia and Mexico, Italy's attack will feature Christian Vieri, "il Mostro," Inter's 1.93-m giant. Roma's fabulous Francesco Totti, the linchpin of the team, will play behind the front runners?that is, when he isn't driving defenses crazy by himself. The Italian defense will again be superb, providing a combination lock of skill and experience that will be hard to pick. If there's any weakness...
...Musharraf's future has ramifications beyond Pakistan's borders. He is the linchpin in the U.S.'s war against terrorism. If he goes, Pakistan's position as frontline state could be undermined. But the referendum could backfire, says political scientist Hasan Askari Rizvi: "Suddenly people are thinking, how different is he really?" Some fear Musharraf may also try to consolidate his power further by formalizing the role of the National Security Council, a military-dominated body that would undercut Parliament and hold decision-making authority over all major national issues...
Kerouac was the linchpin that held together this strange mix of personalities. On the Road was similarly the central work supporting the movement. Gilbert Millstein wrote prophetically in the New York Times’ first review of the book: “Just as, more than any other novel of the Twenties, The Sun Also Rises came to be regarded as the testament of the Lost Generation, so it seems certain that On the Road will come to be known as that of the Beat Generation.” But true as Millstein’s words are, his predictions...
...Consistency is the linchpin of volleyball, and we haven’t been able to sustain that level of play throughout a match yet,” junior co-captain Mike Bookman said...
Congressional Republicans are still upset because they weren't able to kill off Clinton's AmeriCorps--and now it's coming back at them stronger than ever, as the linchpin of Freedom Corps. Republicans are against paying people with time on their hands to do what they might do anyway. In 1997 House majority leader Dick Armey called AmeriCorps a "welfare program for aspiring yuppies," and Senator Rick Santorum described it as a sweet deal for those "picking up trash in a park and singing Kumbaya...