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...This evening, the club is calling Colorado voters to ask whether they’re planning to vote for Obama or McCain. They’re also inquiring about voters’ preferences in a close Senate race between Democrat Mark Udall and Republican Bob Schaffer...
Though the president will not become a lame duck until tomorrow, hunting season has already begun. The recent economic disaster has made it easier than ever to take potshots at Bush. While many of the critiques are exaggerated and unfair, one in particular hits the mark: Though certainly not the worst president in history, Bush is undoubtedly the most anti-science President in recent memory...
...other states. Los Angeles County, for instance, sent some sample ballots overseas early, before the real ballots were even printed. Mixed in the packet voters received was a line in red print that read, "Some early mailings may not receive Official Ballot Card. If this applies to you, mark choices on Official Sample Ballot pages." Yet Sandy Mansson of Stockholm, Sweden, found it odd. "It was very strange, it was just not what you normally do," says Mansson. Paul Drugan, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Board of Elections, defends the practice. "Our first priority is overseas and military voters...
Before his conviction, Stevens was locked in a tight re-election race with Anchorage mayor Mark Begich; after the jury returned a verdict, Stevens' poll numbers dipped. But even if Stevens does eke out a victory, he is already facing calls from across his party to resign soon afterward. Both John McCain and Sarah Palin called on Stevens to step down after the election. Under Alaska law, a resignation would set in motion a chain of events leading to a special election to replace him 60 to 90 days later. If he chooses not to resign and his appeals fail...
...That said, his pork-free adventures could have worked if he were an enchanting tour guide, but Barlow himself is hard to stomach. His attempts at replicating the misanthropic humor that works so well for fellow food writer Bill Buford (“Heat”) completely miss the mark. His overzealous defense of the pig as an animal worthy of plate space, for example, is not witty and charming, but absurd and disturbing: “You’d roll around in the first effluent you came across [too] if I ripped out your sweat glands...