Word: shaking
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...Conservative" stuck to his libertarian principles and advocated now-un-conservative positions, he was increasingly ostracized by the conservative monster he had helped create. When he argued for gay rights, abortion rights and a firm separation of church and state, Goldwater's small-minded ideological progeny would shake their hands, allude to Barry's failing health and his younger, more liberal wife. As he related to a National Review editor, "I haven't been invited to speak at the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee) for maybe 15 years? You'd think I was on the other side...
...last week by Wisconsin's highest court that there is no such constitutional problem. The Wisconsin supreme court is the highest court ever to uphold religious-school vouchers, and both sides in the bitter national debate over vouchers are calling this a watershed decision. "It has amazing potential to shake up the political landscape," says Clint Bolick of the Institute of Justice, which argues for voucher programs around the country. But opponents insist the court got the First Amendment law wrong and say they will win if the case goes to the U.S. Supreme Court...
...deal with such universal themes as a mother's love, obstacles overcome, misunderstandings resolved, the cuteness of puppies and the boundless wisdom of children. The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Imagine a bath in strawberry shortcake. Imagine a meal of chocolate eclairs. With a Napoleon for dessert. And a milk-shake chaser...
...nothing in his nature that he could draw on to fill it out. The son of alcoholics--a stern taciturn father; a sweet, culturally aspiring mom--he had drifted to New York City and into acting when he was expelled from the military school that was supposed to shake the flakiness from his soul...
...bland-out all across the bandwidth, a kind of musical hangover from the Eisenhower era. Rock 'n' roll had erupted dead in the heart of Ike's easeful America. In the Kennedy years, when the world started to shake and rattle, the music suddenly turned as thick and sweet as a malted. Jazz had the power, but jazz was for grownups, and its impact was largely instrumental. Anyone who wanted to listen to a song, and take something away from it that would last a little longer than a good-night kiss, turned on to folk...