Word: relentlessly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Still, as Bush gained a little ground for his presidency, Maureen Dowd of the New York Times laid on with sprightly viciousness. Dowd, relentless as a chigger, mocked the White House staff for praising the President's coolness and focus in the episode...
...blame for school violence. "Instant fame is one 'Columbine effect,' and TIME bestowed it on the shooters," wrote a Californian, who added, "You may inspire more killing." Echoing the point, a reader from Charlotte, N.C., declared, "A better headline for your cover would have been 'The Media Effect.' The relentless coverage of these tragedies provides a blueprint for every disillusioned kid in America to exact revenge." And a New York City reader urged us to "stop publishing the names and photos of the perpetrators; you should signal that school violence leads only to certain punishment and scorn...
...This team had a relentless belief that they were going to come back," Stone said. "Everybody in the stands saw it, and I think there were a lot of Duluth people who were afraid of it. If you can make people nervous like that, you're doing a lot of good things...
...Invariably described as "smart" and "tough," White is regarded as a relentless prosecutor - someone, in other words, criminals don't relish running into. During her eight years heading the U.S. attorney's office for Manhattan, the Bronx and six counties north of the city, White has faced off against everyone from international terrorists to Mafia hit men. Most have suffered under White's prosecutorial zest, including Marc Rich and his partner Pincus Green, who were initially prosecuted by then-U.S. attorney Rudy Giuliani but were pursued vigorously during White's tenure as well...
...earned the ECAC's Award of Valor given to an athlete "whose courage, motivation and relentless determination serves as an inspiration to all." In the fall of 1997, Stauffer took a year off to provide support for her brother Matt, who died of leukemia in January...