Word: slappingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democrats who believe that censure of any flavor is either unconstitutional or unfair to the President. "Most of us look at it as raw political cover," said Republican Larry Craig of Idaho, who questioned the motives of Republicans and Democrats who support censure. "It's nothing more than a slap on the wrist with a wet noodle." Those who would block censure could filibuster the measure, raising the number of votes needed from a simple majority...
...Crimson is most productive in its set offense with Ruggiero or Mleczko controlling the puck at the point while Shewchuk and Botterill look for openings around the face-off circle or along the boards. But Harvard is most vulnerable when opposing forwards can reject slap-shots at the blue line and skate down the ice quickly for a breakaway...
...Slap this guy down or look like wussies. Those are NATO's options as its commanders issue an urgent warning to President Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade on Tuesday. The Serb leader has already made clear his contempt for NATO's threats by expelling the U.S. head of an observer mission following last week's massacre of 45 ethnic Albanians. "Europe is outraged, and the climate for military action is a lot stronger than it was over Iraq," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "And unlike Iraq, where there was no clear target, the Serb armor and artillery in Kosovo...
Especially when the price of creativity can be a slap back at the teacher. For the past three years, the San Jose, Calif., school district has had Always Running, a memoir of growing up poor and Hispanic, on an optional list for some college-prep reading. Because of its scenes of drug use, sex and gangs, parents were notified and offered alternative works if need be. But this spring a parent demanded that the book be removed from all schools--ignoring the district's challenge process and taking her case to talk radio. The book survived, but now parents have...
...United States, I think he's doing a fabulous job, and I'm glad I gave him the money." Not that he wasn't shocked by the Lewinsky affair. "In the vast, surrealistic expanse of the Story of the Year, who didn't at one point or another slap themselves upside the head and say, 'Holy smoke! Hole ee smoke! Can you believe this?'? And you can't believe it, but it's the reality. But you know what...