Word: patting
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...peacock, the next day a feather duster.' PAT QUINN, Illinois governor, on his turn in the spotlight after Illinois legislators voted to oust predecessor Rod Blagojevich...
...This matchup is especially problematic in light of the injuries plaguing Harvard’s frontcourt. Junior forward Doug Miller, who had started every game during a breakout season, suffered a foot injury last weekend and will miss extended action. This setback comes while junior forward Pat Magnarelli recovers from a shoulder injury and senior forward Evan Harris recuperates from knee surgery.In the meantime, the Crimson will need someone to step up and fill the middle.“We’ve got Evan coming back to hopefully get some minutes and obviously [freshman forward] Keith [Wright] and [freshman...
Legendary University of Tennessee basketball coach Pat Summitt, who has already won more games than any other basketball coach - men's or women's - in NCAA history, is on the verge of reaching a milestone that was simply unthinkable before the days of Title IX: 1,000 career victories...
...From his hard-edged Inaugural vow that "our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions, has surely passed" to his frequent promise of smarter government, Obama has reflected a national consensus - which seems to exclude only the 535 sitting lawmakers - that the old way stinks. And beyond his rhetorical insistence on transparency and reform, Obama has invited Republicans to the party - first a cocktail party, next a Super Bowl party - as though he cares about what they think and where they disagree with him. (See pictures of Obama's Inauguration...
...have a serious governance problem," says Bob Reed, a top aide to Democratic Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn, who is taking over now that Blagojevich has been ousted. "So much attention has been focused on the impeachment and now the trial that everything else has been placed on the back burner...