Word: planked
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Pirates of the Caribbean may be this summer's smash, but Disney changed course last week, ousting its movie studio's captain. Next on the plank: 650 more employees and any new plans to make R-rated films...
...grind of the war in Iraq has undermined one plank of the Bush Doctrine--pre-emption--the complexity of global politics has caused the U.S. to struggle in its goal to spread democracy as a defense against terrorism. Some democracy activists give Bush credit for giving a jump start to limited reforms in closed Arab regimes such as Saudi Arabia. But the White House was premature, at best, in its hopes for dramatic change. In Egypt, which the Administration has praised in the past for opening its political process, the government of Hosni Mubarak has launched a renewed crackdown against...
...practical costs of the last plank of the Bush Doctrine--unilateralism--may have finally persuaded the Administration to jettison that too. This move is being led by Rice, who is emerging as Bush's most visible and intimate adviser. "The President is more willing to listen to arguments in favor of utilizing diplomacy as a tool to fight radical Islam when it comes from her, because he trusts her totally," says a presidential adviser. Rice appears to have won some internal arguments--such as getting Bush to offer conditional direct talks to Iran and calling for the closure of Gitmo...
...chance seemed to play as large a role as any skill I possessed at every step. After all, the last time I had lost anything meaningful prior to my arrival in the Yard I was in seventh grade, I was running for elementary school vice president, and the main plank of my opponent’s platform was candy for lunch. Through a shrewd bit of skill, I promised students that they could teach for a day, and they elected me president the following year. What bumps in the road I encountered were few, far between, and easily weathered...
...never really thought about my last meal.You know, the romanticized meal that always crops up in movies about executions, where embattled prisoners with sallow cheeks and orange jumpsuits get to pick what they eat before they walk the plank or sit down dramatically in the electric chair.It must be a daunting thing to realize you’re eating for the last time. I’d imagine you’d order a lot, err on the side of gluttony, then pile more on to your plate with gusto.A few weeks ago, I decided to find out. Every week...