Word: soundness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...some pajamas or a bathrobe, but I just pull on my old jeans and sweatshirt, a little damp from gin and sweat.I seem to have this part of the attic mostly to myself. There are a few cast-off sneakers and pocketbooks strewn across the floor, but no sounds of anyone breathing. After looking at the snowy pines, whose tops are about level with the windows on this floor, I swig some mouthwash, spit it out, and climb another half flight of stairs, into what looks like a guest room or spare den. There’s another old couch...
...revenue from these workers. The solution, according to the president, would be to offer a path of legal residency to illegal immigrants currently living in the U.S. And, while such a bold proposal is sure to cause a stir on Capitol Hill, the logic behind this solution is fundamentally sound and reasonable. Moreover, it would be unfeasible, expensive, and unproductive to pursue a common alternative solution of launching a campaign to hunt down illegal immigrants and deport them. The plan wisely includes stricter penalties for future illegal immigrants and a bolstering of all immigration enforcements. The borders would also become...
...David Plouffe: I think the unsung heroes of the presidential campaign were all of our millions of grassroots supporters who made this victory happen. We had sound electoral strategy in both the primary, which was to try to win Iowa and win delegates from as many places as possible and in the general election. But your success starts and ends with the candidate, and we had a unique candidate who met the times...
...empty parking lot, wondering at his existence. He was lying on his back in the lot, in spot number twenty-eight, watching the stars, when headlights swept across his body, and he heard a car engine slow, then cut off. A car door opening, slamming shut, the sound of high-heeled footsteps, and a shadow fell momentarily across his view of the cosmos. His girlfriend’s body settled on top of him, her head on his chest in spot twenty-eight, her feet clacking to a halt in stop twenty-nine. He suddenly felt very removed from...
...that may sound, there are several reasons not to panic about our power grid's vulnerability...