Word: specter
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...Iran's nuclear installations by itself, regardless of the shock waves that would send through the world. A poll by Bar-Ilan University showed that 66% of Israelis support a military strike against Iran if all other efforts fail. Netanyahu himself draws parallels between the Holocaust and the specter of an Iranian bomb aimed at Tel Aviv...
...left-wing pet causes, Crist should have enough centrist street cred to woo moderate voters in the general election. But his campaign could be doomed in the primary by conservatives, who fear that, despite his pro-life, anti-gun control record, once in the Senate Crist could pull a Specter and pivot across the aisle. His case with far-right Floridians is not helped by the presence of conservative hotshot Marco Rubio, a former Florida House Speaker and protégé of popular former governor Jeb Bush, who is also limbering up for the gubernatorial primary race...
...preaching abstinence having clearly not practiced it herself, even though this is entirely in keeping with America's standard Redemption Narrative. We pay much more attention to the sermons of sinners, which is why schools invite former drug addicts to come talk to kids about peer pressure, and Arlen Specter, after 29 years as a Republican Senator, was welcomed with open arms into the enemy camp. (See pictures of Bristol and Levi: So Many Memories...
Sessions, Sen. Jefferson •Specter is replaced by as ranking Republican on Judiciary Committee, prompting rehashing of decades-old rejection of as a federal judge by said committee because of racist reputation...
...Specter, Sen. Arlen •death of Jack Kemp is somehow blamed on Republicans...