Word: spun
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...foreign Ambassador, after Germany invaded Belgium and Britain declared war, the King exclaimed, "My God, Sir, what else could we do?" All fine theories spun to explain "the economic origin of the World War" have been wasted on His Majesty...
However the disputed election finally plays out, it has undermined the Bush Administration's cozy relations with Putin, at least behind the scenes. In his first term, George W. Bush was willing to give Putin a free hand in what Russia calls the near abroad, the states that spun off from the broken Soviet Union. At the same time, Bush has made encouraging democracy around the world a central pillar of his presidency. In Ukraine those two policies clash mightily. Washington spent much of Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential campaign studiously avoiding confrontation with Putin and stuck to that line...
Badass political theorist Michael Sandel was spotted heading into Border Café with his family on Saturday, sporting a raincoat in place of his usual jacket-and-tie getup. Wait—so he doesn’t sleep in Sanders? . . . Not one, but two cars spun out of control at the same spot on Soldiers Field Road across the Charles early Sunday morning. Brake squeals and sirens interrupted the usual three a.m. sounds of vomiting fratguys and awkward “goodnights”... After several pundits floated her name as a potential Supreme Court nominee, Harvard Law School...
Perhaps the most spectacular goal of the year came in the eleventh minute of the second half. Junior midfielder Jen McDavitt intercepted a pass deep in BC territory, drove and spun, sending a pass to the right of junior midfielder Jane Sackovich. Lunging, Sackovich leveled a shot from her knees that skipped and shot forward into the lower left corner of the cage...
During his famous Class Day speech in 2000, Conan O’Brien ’85 sarcastically described himself as “the brightest star in the Late Night firmament.” This past week, NBC spun sarcastic flax into gold...