Word: palming
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...nation already divided by numerous issues--abortion, the death penalty, affirmative action, family values, marriage, national security, welfare, the environment, taxes and so forth. Bush naturally takes a position on each issue, just as every other citizen does. He cannot conceivably support all sides. Anne-Marie Shaffer Palm Coast...
REVERSED. The first-degree murder conviction of LIONEL TATE, now 16, who at age 14 became one of the youngest juveniles to be sentenced to life in prison, for beating a 6-year-old playmate to death, prompting a national debate on prosecuting children as adults; in West Palm Beach, Fla. An appeals court ordered a new trial, arguing that Tate's competency to stand trial should have been evaluated...
...Above ground a cluster of orange, date, and palm trees provide both cover and color. Two brick pillars serve as front gate for the property; dried palm fronds wall it off from a muddy road out front, and the dirt fields and dead sunflower stalks beyond it. Inside, a few steps from the hole, the living quarters were in post-search disarray. A bedroom had two bed frames and mattresses, a trunk full of books and clothing, a small refrigerator, and two posters, one of a landscape, the other depicting Noah's Ark. In an adjoining lean-to that served...
...Mercy itself is nothing new: guided by 50’s now famous (and largely unintelligible) mumble, G Unit sample the usual spectrum of hot topics: guns, revenge, pimps, bitches in tight clothing, bling. “Ima keep livin’ my life/ with a pistol in my palm and a wrist full of ice,” 50 drawls in “Eye For Eye.” Judging from Beg For Mercy, this won’t be changing anytime soon...
...world's smallest countries wriggles forward in his armchair, plants tiptoes on the floor and begins the story of his revolutionary days. It's a little-known epic of how a humble teacher endured oppression, rose to lead his island people against a tyrant and finally triumphed, uniting the palm-lined Maldives. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom wears a saintly smile as he stresses that he "did not seek" greatness but rather "a lot of people wanted me to be President... so I accepted." As the man who is now Asia's longest-serving elected leader begins his sixth five-year term...