Word: quieter
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dismal election year for the G.O.P.; regaining control of the House or Senate is beyond reach, and the incumbent Republican President has approval ratings that top out in the 30s. Home foreclosures are rampant, joblessness is up, and the markets are plunging. The Iraq war, while quieter, remains deeply unpopular. In other words, conditions could scarcely be worse for a Republican trying to win the White House. And yet every poll suggests that McCain - because of his appeal beyond his party - could actually...
...buried Benazir Bhutto, many of her supporters there turned to violence to express their grief and anger over her assassination. In Britain, where Bhutto has lived off and on in self-imposed exile for eight years until her final return to Pakistan two months ago, the mourning has been quieter and more solemn. But the emotions are just as deep. Many of Britain's estimated 750,000 Pakistanis had embraced Bhutto as a symbol of hope for freedom and stability back home. As Britain's politicians pay tribute to a fallen leader, the country's Pakistanis are trying to come...
...lose or tie, the Barça-Madrid match is perhaps not the most telling example of Catalan nationalism's strange intermingling of sports and politics. For that, look to a quieter game scheduled a week later. Although international sporting organizations such as UEFA and the IOC have long rejected Catalonia's efforts to field its own sides, the region continues to mount unofficial efforts. And on December 29th, a Catalan selection will take to the San Mamé s stadium in Bilbao for a friendly match against - who else? - Euskadi, the Basques' national soccer team...
...novels' narrative if not their philosophy, his movie bustles through the plot twists and lightning characterizations as if it were its own Cliff Notes, rarely taking the time to acquaint the audience with Lyra's allies and enemies. Even a genre film has to relax; it's in the quieter moments that epic fantasies find their richness...
...first meet to this year’s first meet.” Junior Aishlinn O’Callaghan placed 10th in the mile after crossing the line at 5:20.79. The women’s 4x400 meter relay team finished sixth in 4:04.52. It was a slightly quieter day for the men, with only three top-10 finishers but 10 competitors in the top 15 of their respective events. Senior co-captain Alex Obrecht led the way for Harvard, finishing second in the shot put with a 14.32-meter throw. Junior Derek Jones finished eighth...