Word: mate
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...Asia. At Wheaton College in Illinois, she fell in love with Graham. As her Southern Baptist husband's most trusted adviser, Ruth charmed world leaders and celebrities, grounded Billy when politics tempted him (once kicking him under the table after Lyndon Johnson asked his advice on a running mate), remained a steadfast Presbyterian despite pressure from Billy's powerful friends and wrote more than a dozen books...
...previous film as writer-director, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, was supposed to be about how a nice fellow who'd never managed to have sex triumphs over the prodding and baiting of his jerky friends (including Rogen and Rudd) and finds a compatible mate. But The Girl (Catherine Keener) was hardly a character at all; her only function was to unleash a hearty laugh whenever Carell passed a joke. Alison, granted, is more prominent and complicated here. But for all the lip service Apatow pays to the guy-gal plot of Knocked Up, he invests much more energy...
...Early one December morning, hours after polls closed in the 2006 UC presidential elections, the newly-anointed head of Harvard’s student government threw a celebratory arm around the shoulder of his poncho-clad running mate, Matthew L. Sundquist...
...dining hall I learned how to converse civilly with my friends and grow from the rich mix of perspectives and interests they offered, from my blockmate who was the musical director of an a capella group by day and a budding social theorist by night to my section-mate who taught me about her experience being arrested in a public protest against the Patriot Act. In the support I provided to friends who were struggling with problem sets or relationships, I learned what it means to be compassionate and generous...
...Kerry's former running mate is declaring his independence from a phrase that politicians have been brandishing with brio for more than five years. At last month's Democrat debate in South Carolina, moderator Brian Williams asked the eight candidates: "Show of hands question: Do you believe there is such a thing as a global war on terror...