Word: pinches
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...PRESS KNOWS, however, that in a pinch it can blame the White House and shirk its own responsibility. While numerous legislators and other government officials outside the Administration have lambasted the disinformation campaign, few have asked how the reports got so much attention in the first place. Until the public begins holding the press responsible for its inadequate research and sensationalistic practices, the media will have no incentive...
...Boggs refused to play, DH, or even pinch hit as the Yankees swept the Sox in four...
...buyers can remember their grandparents driving. But that is precisely what its creators at GM had hoped. Determined to shed the stodgy image that has caused the company to lose so many upscale U.S. buyers to Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and other imported brands, Cadillac decided it needed a pinch of European flair. So the carmaker teamed up with the Italian design firm Pininfarina to create an entirely new model and help revitalize Cadillac's fallen prestige. Result: a nimble, sexy vehicle that Don Johnson of Miami Vice might be proud to drive...
...OPEC somehow sticks to its agreement and prices keep rising, heavily indebted petroleum-producing nations like Mexico and Venezuela would clearly enjoy a boon. The production cut would also help the oil-patch states in the U.S., which felt the pinch as the price of Texas-grade oil fell from about $27 per bbl. in January to a low of $9.75 in April. Consumers, though, would face more expensive heating oil and gasoline, and if prices continue to climb, the increase could rekindle inflation and eventually weaken the world economy...
...have survived a slump and taken a six-game lead--eight in the lost column--in the American League East. With miracle finishes like Rich Gedman's pinch hit grand slam Sunday, the home team may actually have regained the blessings of the baseball gods who deserted it so many years ago when it traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees, ending the first dynasty of baseball Boston...