Word: paint
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...mega-issue that will preoccupy Democrats the next two years - and perhaps determine whether they keep their majority after 2008 - will be Iraq. For the past three years Democrats could paint the war as the Republicans' misadventure because the G.O.P. controlled both the White House and Congress. But Democrats now control the purse strings for that war - and with that power comes a new measure of responsibility. The Pentagon will come to Congress next month with a request for an additional $99.7 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan until September, which marks...
...protesters. If you look at the 1999 Seattle protests, there was a tremendous amount of costuming, the famous "turtle suits" worn by the environmentalists, as well as music. I went a rally in Brazil in 2004. It was fascinating - people came with their drums, and some people had face paint on, like they might at a soccer game. People were dancing in the streets...
...paint U.S. policy on Palestinian democracy as consistent requires a bottomless well of chutzpah. Worse, the attempt to install Abbas as the new autocrat is no more likely to bring peace than having Arafat in that role did. Arafat fooled himself and his people over what the Israelis would offer at the conclusion of the Oslo process; the Israelis fooled themselves over what Arafat, or any other Palestinian leader, would be prepared to accept. Just as Israeli democracy restrains the government from making the concessions necessary for peace, so does the uncorked genie of Palestinian democracy restrain Palestinian leaders from...
...stepfather's paint company weathered the Depression without serious deprivations, and Ford was a happy, popular teenager and a standout on his high school football team. In 1931 he enrolled at the University of Michigan on a full athletic scholarship. He majored in economics, played center on the Big Ten varsity squad and during his senior year was chosen to participate in the Shrine College All-Star game...
Housman used a quick first step to repeatedly blow past Trimboli, forcing other Vermont defenders to collapse and foul the Crimson point guard. Vermont’s inability to keep Housman out of the paint resulted in his 10-for-14 showing from the charity stripe...