Word: lording
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...mainstream Muslims, but the point seemed lost on her. "Islam is the terrorist," Barbara asserted. "Muslims are the victim." The class ended in prayer. "We mourn the loss of life" in Iraq, someone said. Added Barbara: "We pray that the weapon of mass destruction, Islam, be torn down. Lord, we declare that your blood is enough to forgive every single Muslim. It is enough...
...fate…” Hogwarts professors don’t have the benefits of tenure, and the Inquisitor tells Trelawney to pack up. Rumor has it that in the next book we’ll see her accuse the High Inquisitor of being “the Lord Voldemort of wizardly secondary education...
...recommend new judges and the creation of a U.S.-style Supreme Court to replace the Law Lords as the highest court. The 1,400-year-old post of Lord Chancellor - who is not only a legislator in the House of Lords, but a Cabinet minister and head of the judiciary - will be abolished and its responsibilities transferred to a new Department of Constitutional Affairs, which will also be responsible for Scotland and Wales. In the reshuffle, which followed the resignation of Health Secretary Alan Milburn, the number of Cabinet posts was reduced from 23 to 21. Rocky Road to Peace...
...second landslide victory in the 2001 election. Blair can always take comfort that whatever consumes the political class in Westminster - like the current flap over his arrogant announcement, in a press release and without prior consultation, that he planned to eliminate the 1,400-year-old office of Lord Chancellor, create a Supreme Court and appoint his old flatmate to be Minister of Constitutional Affairs - he remains the most consistently popular Prime Minister since the 1960s. But at the risk of offering one of those gloomy prognoses he is so good at confounding, I would argue that Blair has reached...
...driver, the Skyline vaults across a yawning drawbridge, and the Yenko flies across the water to crash-land on the upper deck of the bad guy's yacht. 2F2F has a bit of plot about an ex-cop (Paul Walker) enlisting an old pal (Tyrese) to foil a drug lord. But it pays off as a thrill-delivery system, a convoy of road rage and carnage. It reminds you of what movies are: motion pictures. Speed is of the essence...