Word: lull
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During warfare, a sudden lull in hostilities can sometimes be mistaken for a truce. But in the battle between French President Jacques Chirac and his hyper-ambitious Finance Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, don't bet on seeing a white flag. Last week France's worst-kept secret was confirmed by the news that Sarkozy will seek the presidency of Chirac's own Union for a Popular Movement (ump) party. The wildly popular Sarkozy, a shoo-in to grab the ump's leadership position in November, will try to use the party's mighty electoral machine to win the 2007 presidential election...
...Najaf, we had gone to see Abu Mohammed, a commander in the al Mahdi Army. He was to be our connection with the underground network of Iraqis who knew how to navigate the American cordon around Najaf. Abu Mohammed explained that we would have to wait for a lull in the fighting if we wanted to cross the lines. The commander also said we might have to wait a long time before we got our chance. Young Mahdi Army fighters with wild eyes stopped by the office to show us their captured weapons. In the late afternoon, an old sheikh...
LETTER FROM JERUSALEM: A lull in bombing attacks and the big new wall bring a tentative calm to a tormented city. But how long can the quiet last...
Chaudhry says PSLM’s current lull is merely the calm before a storm, likening the general labor movement’s current atmosphere to the years which preceded 2001?...
With the game knotted at two, Natalie Darwitz knocked through a rebound just nine seconds into the third period, a goal Harvard protested and forced under review due to a whistle that caused a lull in the action before the goal was scored...