Word: recasts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with whomever Israelis choose to lead them, but the fact that he's been going through the motions of negotiating with Barak almost down to election day has been interpreted as the closest thing the Palestinian leader could do to campaign for his Israeli counterpart. As Sharon works to recast himself as a dove with claws, Arafat is faced with a strategic dilemma. While Bill Clinton was in the White House, Arafat's strategy was to compensate for the imbalance in power between himself and the Israelis by allowing (and even encouraging) political brushfires in the West Bank and Gaza...
...much as having their country ignored, it is my duty to report that they had no trouble figuring out who won. I discovered while perusing the Globe and Mail that the only problem with vote counting took place in Pictou Landing, Nova Scotia, where dozens of citizens had to recast their ballots after a man carried the ballot box out of a polling station and threw it into a waste-treatment lagoon--a method of slowing down the count that even Katherine Harris never thought...
...punched a hole through the ceiling, which led to the total rebuilding of the interior of the White House. About the same time, the Truman Balcony--which raised the hackles of purists--was added and turned out to be a blessing for those living there. Jackie Kennedy recast the decor with fine art and antiques. An outdoor swimming pool was installed for Jerry Ford and a jogging track for Bill Clinton, who not long ago spoke for all the modern Presidents--and, yes, all Americans--when he mused while wandering through the White House corridors, "I love this place...
...owns the screen. Surround him with actual singers and actors and require him to emote, and our generosity is tested. But Carey is bolstered by a jovially hammy production, with music composed by Stephen Schwartz (Pocahontas). It's testimony to modern adults' pop-psych self-absorption that Disney has recast the story around the puppetmaker dad's parenting issues. At least they picked a charming guy to pull the strings...
...took available information and recast it in an intelligent and interesting way," Pipes said...