Word: midstream
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...campaign to fan nationalist hysteria in Russia ahead of December's parliamentary elections, and the Presidential poll scheduled for next March. Just as in Soviet times, there's nothing like the specter of an external enemy, either to make the people accept that they don't change horses in midstream and let Putin stay - or to pave the way for someone way harsher than Putin. A strong hand to keep the country together. Just what the people need to have Victory, when confronted with an "external enemy...
...harder to pull off. So on Lost One and the brilliant thinking-about-cheating song Trouble ("If my hand's in the cookie jar know one thing/ I'ma take the cookie, not leave my ring"), he introduces new vocal dynamics, pausing for effect or completely changing his meter midstream so that the words take on jarring emphases...
...government was to "lift artificial weights from all shoulders--to clear the path of laudable pursuit for all--to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life." When a depression hit the state in the late 1830s, however, his plans were stopped in midstream. As a major proponent of the costly system that had contributed to his state's travails, Lincoln received a significant share of the blame. Now, beyond sadness over a lost love, he carried the added burden of a damaged reputation and forlorn hopes for the future...
...President. But there's a good chance that the U.S. is less safe, not more. Other countries, like Iran, have seen us invade Iraq under false pretenses. Isn't it possible they could develop nuclear weapons as a deterrent to invasion? Some say voters shouldn't change horses in midstream, but maybe people should question whether the President who got us into such a mess is the person we should trust to lead us out. Don Edwards Oak Park...
...President. But there's a good chance that the U.S. is less safe, not more. Other countries, like Iran, have seen us invade Iraq under false pretenses. Isn't it possible they could develop nuclear weapons as a deterrent to invasion? Some say voters shouldn't change horses in midstream, but maybe people should question whether the President who got us into such a mess is the person we should trust to lead...