Word: ribboning
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That failure was compounded by the disastrous decision by U.S. proconsul L. Paul (Jerry) Bremer in May to disband the Iraqi army, which put thousands of armed men on the streets with no pay and no reason to support the Americans. In December a blue-ribbon commission created by the Council on Foreign Relations and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University had argued the opposite case. The Iraqi army, the panel said, "could serve as a guarantor of peace and stability if it is retrained in part for constabulary duty and internal security mission...
...tasteless sitcom about Dwayne and Denny Mullet, whose last name--and pretty much their entire character development--comes from their "business in the front, party in the back" haircuts. The season's least likely Peabody Award candidate, it's a good-natured celebration of American cheese--wrestling, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Girls Gone Wild videos--that pits Dwayne and Denny against their stepdad, a self-important, wealthy game-show host (John O'Hurley, who was the self-important, wealthy J. Peterman on Seinfeld). Co-creator Josh Weinstein says the clash is meant to be a throwback to the populist comedy...
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino was scheduled to appear at the ribbon-cutting but did not attend. Two local officials and the headmaster of the neighboring Boston Latin School were at the opening ceremonies...
...It’s no longer just ribbon cutting and riding in parades,” she says. “You now are serving as a means of social change...
...SLOUCH CHIC The shrugged-on silhouette came from Coco's first big idea of taking a lover's sweater, cutting it down the front and sewing ribbon on the edging...