Word: smackdowns
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...before Casey's address at King's, Rigali issued a statement "applauding" the Senator for introducing legislation to promote policies that encourage women facing unplanned pregnancies to carry their babies to term. In the highly ritualized world of church communication, the Cardinal's announcement was akin to a public smackdown of Martino. One month later, Martino was summoned to Rome, and submitted his resignation...
...movie battles rarely end in a tie. Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader didn't go fiercely at it, putting their lives and the fate of the Empire on the line, then stop their epochal fight and say, "Eh, let's go for a beer." But the Independence Day weekend smackdown between last week's champ, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and the cartoon contender Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ended in a tie, with each film earning $42.5 million at the North American box office - if you believe the official numbers. (Check out TIME's Transformers review...
...beep, shee-wah-bop-pow. What an a capella smackdown! Wow, it’s like the voices WERE the instruments. I want to join an a capella group, but who would want me, anyhow? I couldn’t even get into the Fallen Angels. Man, those girls have it all. Sure, I turn to drugs and alcohol sometimes to get by, but who doesn’t? Life’s tough. Do you know how many AP 5s I got? Nine...
Carlson, Tucker • four-and-a-half-year-old smackdown by Jon Stewart still rankles...
...here's a challenge. Start a new tradition in the New Year: a regular Sunday-night Scrabble smackdown; a spring clothing drive; a rule that every time Mom or Dad swears, they put a dollar in the charity box that gets distributed on New Year's Eve. At their best, traditions make us better; at the very least, they remind us how far we've come and how lucky...