Word: shore
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...past few days, both candidates have traveled frenetically to and from the swing states--Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Maine, Missouri, West Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota and New Mexico--in a last-minute effort to shore up traditional constituencies and appeal to undecided voters...
...have, ironically, created some political cover for Arafat, too. The Palestinian leader was always going to struggle to keep talking to an Israeli government whose security forces have killed an average of almost five Palestinians a day for the past 26 days. Now Arafat, too, has an opportunity to shore up his credentials on the seething Palestinian streets, which had grown openly hostile to his peacemaking efforts in recent weeks. That's a game the Arab League states are playing, too, using their weekend summit to appease their enraged citizenry with ritual denunciations of Israel and promises of $1 billion...
...races on Sunday afternoon will be exciting, but there are almost as many distractions on shore as there are in the water...
Everyone, I'm sure, has their favorite Baldwin brother. Some people prefer Stephen, won over by his goofy smile and his scintillating performance alongside Pauly Shore in 1996's Bio-Dome. Others pick Billy, the soulful middle child, whose star wattage has dimmed somewhat since his heyday in films like Sliver and Backdraft. And some, I imagine, plump for Adam, the oft-forgotten Baldwin boy whose work, for some reason, tends to scurry straight to video...
...unsuitability of private securities as a panacea does not end the need for serious plans to shore up the program. Infusions of cash will be necessary and increased national saving essential. Furthermore, we would like to see retirement security addressed as part of a general policy to reduce poverty and improve income security for all Americans, rather than as an isolated program. In this election, however, the more pressing needs are to resist self-delusion and to avoid speculating on Social Security...