Word: regained
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...with his traditional political humor, the book is more serious than his previous publications, which at times was reflected in Franken’s speech. Reading aloud from a chapter with a passage about his father’s death, Franken choked up and needed a few moments to regain composure. But he was able to laugh it off. “I cry at a good McDonald’s commercial,” he said. The serious tone was also reflected when Franken spoke about the impact of religion on American culture. He stressed that the founding fathers...
...voting 6-4 to change teaching standards to acknowledge the shortcomings of evolution--flaws that, again, are recognized by few scientists. The last time the Kansas board took such an action, in 1999, voters responded by kicking many of its members out of office, only to see conservatives eventually regain control. As for Dover, one of its newly elected board members, Judy McIlvaine, said she thinks her neighbors "will have the sense to realize [Robertson] is beyond the fringe...
...current corporate jitters over health care and pension costs indicate that it may be time to revive discussion of a national universal-coverage plan; the public annoyance with high oil prices and the endless war in Iraq suggest that a real energy-independence plan-and a larger effort to regain our scientific edge-might be popular...
...score a "hit" on an enemy aircraft. After the fray, pilots will demonstrate some of the slicker moves required in air combat, including tail slides, inverted spins and loop-the-loops, subjecting you to more eye-popping G-forces than you ever thought possible. And just before you regain terra firma, you'll enjoy a fly-past at just over 9 m above the terminal deck, so that friends and relatives can take pictures. The flight home by Boeing or Airbus may seem interminably tedious by comparison. www.fightercombat.com
...period with a power-play score and then a quick strike off the draw. In the third period—after Dan Murphy finally connected on Harvard’s 10th man advantage, bringing the score to 3-2—Quinnipiac converted a 5-on-3 to regain its two-goal lead. “We didn’t get beat down low,” Reese said. “The game was won on special teams—we lost the game on special teams. No other excuse to lose that game...