Word: lock
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...sure thing, it ought to be Texas. In Bush country they hold all 27 statewide offices. It has been nearly 30 years since a Democrat has won an open Senate seat. When three-term Senator Phil Gramm announced his retirement last year, who thought Republicans didn't have a lock on his replacement? Just to make sure, the President's political strategist, Karl Rove, mineswept the primary field to ensure that attorney general John Cornyn, a stately, snowy-haired vote getter with a huge political bankroll, would have a straight shot...
...This year has been a Power outage. They are 3-17-1 for the season, with a lock on last place. For Milbrett, a gold medal Olympian and the leading scorer on the 1999 World Cup champions, it's a new experience. She doesn't accept that loser rep: "We've been saying, and I'm still saying, that this is a better team than our results indicate. We outplayed five teams and ended up losing. That's why dealing with the record is a little easier." Soccer can be that way. The Power don't seem dispirited as they...
...sure thing, it ought to be Texas. In Bush country they hold all 27 statewide offices. It has been nearly 30 years since a Democrat has won an open Senate seat. When three-term Senator Phil Gramm announced his retirement last year, who thought Republicans didn't have a lock on his replacement? Just to make sure, the President's political strategist, Karl Rove, mineswept the primary field to ensure that attorney general John Cornyn, a stately, snowy-haired vote getter with a huge political bankroll, would have a straight shot...
...Basically a butch La Femme Nikita, XXX has extreme-sports star Xander Cage (Diesel) shanghaied into a U.S. government spy unit to buy hot cars from Russian anarchist Yorgi (hyperemoting Marton Csokas). Yorgi is brilliant enough to create a nerve-gas missile system but not quite smart enough to lock the door to his hideout. So Xander struts in for a climactic face-off. "I love anything I can get into and do somethin' stupid," says Xander. Kids will line up to watch that somethin' this weekend. Adults, perplexed at Diesel's surly stardom, need to recall this: Hollywood once...
Bush is at least saying many of the right things. In his Alabama speech he stressed the underlying strength of the economy and pledged to lock up the crooks: "I'm willing to work with Congress to make sure that we've got the necessary law in place that will hold people accountable without stifling the entrepreneurial spirit of America...