Word: showings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Survivor: Alaska" [Nov. 30]: Since I have no intention of buying Sarah Palin's book, I decided to watch her on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is telegenic. She did not put her foot in her mouth. I don't blame Palin for taking advantage of her moment--writing a book, making money. That is the American way. But don't ask me to believe that she has anything to contribute to serious political discourse in this country...
...Chamber Music in Any Chamber” to the Queen’s Head Pub for a free concert. The quartet was unable to reveal what they would be playing at the pub—not because it’s a secret, but because they rarely decide club show set lists before the day of the performance. “We like to keep it fresh,” says Rebecca J. Fischer, the first violinist...
Democrats in Congress know the gravy train will soon be coming to an end. They raised discretionary non-military spending 8% in the 2009 budget and another 7% in the 2010 budget, and polls show that GOP accusations of profligate spending are starting to resound with voters; the White House has indicated that President Obama plans to use his State of the Union speech in January to outline his plan to draw down the ballooning deficits...
...masterminding the military putsch that toppled him in September 2006. They have demanded that the powers of Prem, who has denied the charge. and other "palace elites" be reduced. Anti-Thaksin forces have in turn accused Thaksin of disloyalty to the monarchy. Thaksin has denied the accusations, and to show respect for the king on his birthday, called on his supporters to cancel massive anti-government street demonstrations they had planned for this month...
...chagrin on numerous fronts. Obama is loath to offend supporters of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba; yet even Latin leaders who scorn the Castros shake their heads at Obama's insistence on retaining that utterly failed and globally rebuked policy - a position he holds despite polls that show a majority of Cuban-Americans now favor letting U.S. citizens travel to the communist island, and which suggest they're also weary of the 47-year-old embargo...