Word: slogs
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...With Blair having moved Labor into the political center, cutting the ground from under the Tories with a long record of adopting their most attractive policies, Cameron faces a hard slog if he is to win the next election. Thus his baptism of fire on Wednesday, facing the assured Blair during parliament's weekly Prime Minister's Question Time. Britons prize debating skills and toughness of performance in the legislature as among the most desirable attributes for their leaders. To the relief of the Tories, Cameron-their fourth leader since Blair took office- handled his ordeal with ease and confidence...
...priorities, not just structure. It is important not to disparage every aspect of the IOP. Parts of it are running with great success, but the Institute lacks a diverse community of students regularly engaging in real political debate. Encouraging this, more than a how-to guide on the slippery slog into office, would really inspire students to public service...
CALL OF DUTY 2 War: What is it good for? Apparently, inspiring relentlessly intense, astonishingly immersing video games. Slog and slug your way through the trenches, deserts and ruined cities of World War II while beautifully rendered snow and deadly Nazi grenades drop gently onto your helmeted, hunkered-down head. The Xbox 360's extra horsepower makes possible huge, frighteningly authentic battlefields and brutally unpredictable game play. You're never sure when a panzer will come charging right through that wall you're hiding behind...
...Emile” without seeing the Curricular Review in a new way or to read “The Social Contract” and not reconsider the petty tyranny of the Undergraduate Council.Reading Rousseau’s autobiographical “Confessions” was a long, hard slog, but the hours spent reading “Restless Genius” simply disappeared like a box of Lindt chocolate truffles. Here we have a good biography—a National Book Award finalist, no less—on a fascinating subject. Those who have a passing acquaintance with his life...
...white bands around the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Rome's Colosseum, St. Paul's Cathedral in London and the Trocadéro buildings in Paris. They've figured out how to connect with people - and changed the political weather in many countries. How can that be applied to the slog of regular politics, with budgets and targets and murkier moral choices? Changing the political weather in many countries is exactly what Tony Blair wants to do in the wake of the collapse of the European constitution. In a blizzard of speeches, op-eds and interviews in Europe, he's been...