Word: musters
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...Republicans insist they won't take it lying down this time around. They say they'll flex their power to block passage of spending items - which require a two-thirds majority in both houses that Democrats can't muster without their help - as a way to force themselves into the horsetrading sessions. Having received assurances from the Governor that deficit reduction is a priority and that he won't raise taxes, the G.O.P. has installed new statehouse leaders who say they intend to hold him to his word - and to keep him from completely caving to Democrats. "If we have...
...Republicans have no interest in making things easy for their Democratic usurpers. They plan to offer their own bills and hope to peel off conservative Democrats to form majorities. On contentious measures, Reid will have to muster 60 votes, the number needed in the Senate to cut off a filibuster. Bush also has the veto. "We don't want to look like sore losers," says a senior House G.O.P. aide. "But our strategy will be to show the contrast between Republicans and Democrats and make our voices louder...
...Tehran will also be encouraged by the similarities between the two cases - the fact that military action is widely seen as carrying risks that outweigh benefits in each case, and the fact that the U.S. and its allies have only managed to muster support for sanctions by diluting them to the point of being largely symbolic, because of opposition by key Security Council players such as Russia and China...
This part of Allston has always been a great and thriving place to live. Thriving that is, until Harvard, emboldened by the relatively little resistance the community was able to muster after their clandestine land grab, bought up and started closing down more and more businesses. And so now storefronts lie vacant and neighbors are being displaced. We recognize that some of our neighbors may have differing opinions and even living conditions. We respect those opinions and believe that ultimately we are all fighting for the same thing: better conditions and a better quality of life. It must be understood...
...It’s a confidence builder, since I’ve been here every time we get down big, we don’t muster much of a comeback," sophomore guard Drew Housmann said...