Word: shots
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Over the past decade, Colorado has become Democrats' best shot at a boothold in the once reliably Republican Mountain West. Democrats now control the governorship and both houses in the state legislature and have a good chance of picking up a second Democratic seat in the U.S. Senate next month. The shift came about largely because the state GOP continued to nominate right-wing candidates, while Democrats recruited centrist politicians who often combined prosecutorial backgrounds with aw-shucks demeanors. And it is because neither McCain nor Obama fits either mold that the state is even close this year...
...never heard of. "I don't think there's any question he's the National League Rookie of the Year, and along the way he's probably going to get some MVP votes," says Wade. Soto batted .285 with 23 home runs, none more clutch than the three-run shot he hit with two outs in the ninth inning to tie the Sept. 18 game against division rival Milwaukee (the Cubs won, 7-6, in 12 innings). He drove in 86 runs, tops among the catchers in the playoffs...
...captain Luke Sager. Harvard crossed the Charles River to take on BU at Nickerson Field, hoping to attain victory in its last game before the start of the Ivy League matchups. The game started out very quickly, with the Terriers scoring their first goal from a deflected 40-yard shot from midfield. But junior forward Andre Akpan tied the score just seconds later, heading in a free kick by junior midfielder Brian Grimm. However, this would prove to be the only goal that the Crimson’s offense could muster. Harvard had several good looks throughout the night...
...food stamps—than by extraordinary powers of leadership or experiences. The campaigns have been more than happy to indulge this demand. Take Hillary Clinton, who, even as she insisted on her own experience, felt compelled to invent a little Bosnian sniper fire and take an uncharacteristic shot of Crown Royal, rather than use the language of the political elite she inhabits.This tension seems most interesting in the case of Sen. Obama; after all, he has criticized politicians who play the “patriotic American” card. As he writes in his latest book, The Audacity...
...book. Why is it so small? I happened to love books that are not huge, do not weigh 40 pounds and do not cost $40. I had one big thought and I just wanted to say it clearly and quickly. I wanted it to be a straight shot and not dressed up with other stuff...