Word: proofing
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...from the last two years that it’s not as predictable as you would think,” junior Kwaku Nyamekye said. “Anything can happen.”Massachusetts’ run in the tournament last year serves as proof of that. But while their 2007 performance may have come as a surprise, the Minutemen returned the bulk of the squad, and their combination of size and experience means that nobody will take them for granted in 2008.“It was no fluke since they backed up their run last year with winning...
...adversary in 2012 and put a leash on her globetrotting husband, who has a propensity for foreign policy freelancing. Which raises a question: Would this move, if it happens, be just the first manifestation of that new kind of politics that Obama was promising in his presidential campaign? Or proof that he understands the oldest kind all too well? (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...also repay them. "Until they show us the plan, we cannot show them the money," Pelosi quipped. Of course, what passes for a viable plan - or whether Congress is in any position to judge it - is anyone's guess. A Democratic leadership aide said lawmakers are looking for "proof that they won't be back, hat in hand, in 12 months' time." Another said they desired evidence "that they will be able to operate in the long term without government assistance, which by definition means green" technologies. (See TIME's special report on the environment...
...Minnesota and Georgia are still undecided), the Nevada Senator currently doesn't enjoy much of an edge at all. In fact, since Obama resigned his seat on Sunday and Delaware Senator Joe Biden, the Vice President-elect, is unlikely to come to the Hill for votes, reaching the filibuster-proof 60-vote barrier is tougher than ever...
...think that the cards are stacked in Macau's favor. "The growth is not quite dead yet," says Credit Suisse's Chan, who forecasts a 4% decline in gaming revenue growth in 2009, but a rebound to 16% growth in 2010. Lam says gambling may even be recession-proof. "Gambling is an industry that in good times, people play, and in bad times people play," he says. The casinos have been built in Macau. Now it's up to Beijing to decide whether or not to let its people play...