Word: statesmen
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...many respects, Senator Chris Dodd is more powerful than ever on Capitol Hill these days. After enduring eight years in the political wilderness, the Connecticut Democrat is one of his ascendant party's senior statesmen, someone who endorsed Barack Obama early on in the presidential campaign and who hails from a solidly blue state. As chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Dodd has played a central role in shepherding much of Obama's economic agenda, from the second half of the bank bailout to the coming overhaul of regulations governing Wall Street. With his good friend Ted Kennedy sidelined with...
...have taken this very seriously. We've looked to the Clinton impeachment to figure out what's fair. But it's time to be statesmen," said Republican Matt Murphy. "This is about a lot more than just one guy, even if these last days have been pretty consistent with the way he's been acting the past six years. This is no joke. It's especially no joke to the people of Illinois." (Read "Where Are They Now: The Clinton Impeachment...
...played by a giant whose day job was doorman at Grauman's Chinese theater. The visitors represented an alliance of outer space planets and they were on a mission: to warn us earthlings to mend our warlike ways. Klaatu wanted to convene a conference of intellectuals and statesmen and to demonstrate the superior powers of the aliens by bringing all the Earth's mechanized powers to a halt for a few minutes. If that warning didn't take, he mentioned the possibility of burning Earth "to a crisp" in order to preserve intergalactic peace...
...Paris after the overthrow of the country's military junta. The popular former Prime Minister's triumphant return to Athens to lead the country's transition back to democracy was followed by his sweeping election victory and a place in history as one of modern Greece's great statesmen...
...fierce, the American presidency is not a debate tournament trophy, but a show of faith from American voters that they believe in the president’s leadership. Simply put, Obama looked more “presidential” than McCain.How can John McCain—war hero, statesmen, four-term senator—not look presidential? Despite preconceptions, McCain managed to pull off exactly that. Before the debate, McCain claimed he would “whip [Obama’s] you-know-what.” This is an odd thing to hear from a candidate who criticized Obama?...