Word: rare
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Obama said over audience chuckles. "And the reason is that I think it's very important for us not to get into the habit as a political culture that we impeach every President; it's supposed to be a rare occurrence and I think it'd be an enormous political distraction. What I want to do is undo much of what this Administration's done...
...because five agree and four don't doesn't mean an idea will go through," says Roger Kuo, an analyst who covers media companies and sits on the policy committee for international stocks. Four strong objectors and five moderately enthusiastic supporters will probably nix an idea. As will the rare situation when disagreement turns into polarization. "The process," says Kuo, "is like taking the temperature of the room...
...sign of the frenzy is deal jumping. In the past, such a tactic was rare in the private-equity club. Historically, going-private transactions were bumped only when a strategic buyer jumped in, such as Whirlpool Corp. against Ripplewood in the Maytag contest, or Building Materials Corp. of America's attempt to bust up the Carlyle Group's buyout of ElkCorp. For PE investors deal jumping was considered a faux pas. "It has long been suspected that there is an unwritten gentleman's agreement among private-equity firms to refrain from jumping each other's deals," said Chris Young, director...
...Take fibroids, for instance. Parker challenges the common misconception that fibroids can often become cancerous; the actual incidence of cancer cases in women with fibroids is very rare, less than 1 in 1,000. According to Parker, patients should treat fibroids by communicating with their doctor and monitoring how the fibroids make them feel-whether they cause pain, bloating or heavy menstrual bleeding and whether they affect mood and energy levels. For patients who choose to remove fibroids, there are alternatives to hysterectomy: laparoscopic myomectomy eliminates fibroids through half-inch incisions made in the abdominal wall. In fibroid embolization...
...ultimately, it is control of the war that Democrats plan on spending all night tonight debating in a rare filibuster over an amendment sponsored by Levin and Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, that specifically dictates a timeline for starting to withdraw U.S. troops no later than 120 days after enactment and ending in April 2008. Democrats are holding the Senate in session throughout the night because Republicans are using a filibuster to prevent a simple majority from bringing the measure to a vote...