Word: shut
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...parish president rehearses his upcoming appeal to Congress: with no taxpayers and no businesses, St. Bernard has money for just one month's payroll. Rodriguez wants help from Washington--or else. "Do people realize we produce 30% of the nation's gas and crude down here? Maybe I'll shut down the only refinery in the nation that processes Venezuelan oil," he says...
...raised voices bounce�off the latticed walls of the Abu Hanifa mosque in Baghdad, where hundreds of Sunnis have gathered for the first night of Ramadan. Korans snap shut, and heads turn toward the corner, where a quiet discussion among a group of Sunnis is getting contentious. The subject preoccupies Sunnis across Iraq: whether to vote in this week's referendum on a new constitution. "The best way for us to show our opposition is to boycott," says Majid al-Bayati, 63, a retired lawyer, as some congregants mutter approval. "It's a complete waste of time." Upon hearing this...
...nominee,” Tribe wrote, “it would follow that she is unqualified to serve, because a mind of which it’s possible to say, ‘there will be no change or growth’ is a mind too tightly shut to perform the complex task of legal interpretation in a changing world...
Penn’s rushing defense, ranked third in the nation, will shut down the Bison ground game, and the backup Bucknell punter Ryan Korn—who assumed the role after the starter Phil Azarik came down with mononucleosis—will probably pull a hamstring cleaning up after the three-and-outs. If the Quakers so desired, they could win by 50. Restraint and sportsmanship could cut that number almost in half, but Penn will easily cover the points...
...were delivering this address in person, one of us would punctuate this comment by tossing keys in some kid’s face. If they started bleeding and crying we would say, “Shut up. Give me my keys back.” Then we would pause, soften our tone, and say, “I’m sorry. That was mostly unintentional...