Word: rollerism
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...third strand of thinking is more prosaic and might feel familiar to survivors of politics of the early 1990s. That too was an era of deep divisions and wildly swinging opinion polls: Obama's recent roller-coaster ride is nothing compared with the 50-point plunge in George H.W. Bush's ratings as he approached his re-election campaign. Then, as now, the culprit was a sour economy, but the voice of indignation came not from TV ranters but from a Dallas billionaire. H. Ross Perot catalyzed an anti-incumbent, back-to-basics, pox-on-Washington movement that...
...country at the Torino Olympics despite the fact he hadn't set foot there in 23 years. Yet after those Olympics, a three-week vacation in Ethiopia turned into permanent residence, and he has no plans to leave. Now he trains in Europe, but in the off-season, he roller-skis around the suburbs of Addis Ababa...
Ever since then, Harvard has been on a wild roller coaster of wins and losses, including a trio of two-game losing streaks and a four-game unbeaten run. Tonight’s match-up will be critical in proving that although it may be down, the Crimson...
Because the war only serves as a backdrop, a plot device which separates the young couple and accelerates the emotional roller coaster of their relationship, the co-stars assert that this narrative of love and loss directly relates to college students...
...late November, with their lease up and their options narrowing, the couple put in one more offer, on a three-bedroom stucco house in Highland. Again they were passed over for cash, but the deal fell through; in the end, their offer was accepted. "It was quite the roller coaster," Beth says. "We certainly lucked...