Word: pitching
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Then a new source of hope appeared. Two days after his Inauguration, Barack Obama made his campaign pledge to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, into an Executive Order. Quickly, the prison's backers made a new pitch: Why not house some of those 240 detainees at Two Rivers? On April 21, Hardin's city council passed a resolution to entice the detainees its way, saying it could provide a "safe and secure environment, pending trial and/or deportation...
...vilification of credit-card companies - not entirely undeserved - has reached fever pitch. On Thursday, President Obama gave a speech in Albuquerque, N.M., and shared some of his thoughts in an effort to help push through a bill, currently in front of Congress, that would overhaul the credit-card industry's interactions with its customers, including the interest rates and fees it charges. "You should not have to worry that when you sign up for a credit card, you're signing away all your rights," the President said. "You shouldn't need a magnifying glass or a law degree to read...
...political base once he has been elected and become responsible to the country - and not merely to those who fought hardest to get him into the White House. But he is doing so at a time when his party's anger about the prior Administration is at a fever pitch. Even as Obama is ordering 21,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, spending more money there than in Iraq, and approving the firing of the current U.S. commander, liberal Democrats are talking of giving him only a year to show progress. They fear the country could be sliding into...
...then, a new source of hope appeared. A campaign pledge from President Barack Obama to close the U.S. facility holding suspected terrorists at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, became an executive order. Quickly, the jail's backers made a new pitch. Why not house those 240 detainees at Two Rivers? Hardin's City Council last week passed a resolution to entice the detainees their way, saying they could provide "a safe and secure environment, pending trial and/or deportation." Hardin naturally assumed their federal politicians would lobby their cause. (See behind-the- scenes pictures of President Obama's first...
...books I can fit inside it. I don’t care that it reads like a real book—because I still like real books. I don’t even care that it’s convenient and easy to carry. That sounds like a sales pitch for a handgun.As part of the Kindle’s advertising, Amazon, without a hint of irony, had Toni Morrison talk about why she likes it. At one point during the three minute clip, the Nobel Prize winning author says, “When you are interactive with a book...