Word: steals
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...longtime Mugabe ally, was ready to send his troops to the Zimbabwean ruler's aid if necessary. And if the results announced on Tuesday require a runoff vote, the violence and intimidation currently being meted out on opposition supporters could keep voters away from the polls - and yet steal victory from Tsvangirai...
...region and the world for the immediate release of the election results, Mugabe appears unmoved. Last Friday he celebrated the 28th anniversary of Zimbabwean independence by aiming his wrath against Britain, the former colonial power, whose bidding he accuses the opposition of doing. "Down with thieves who want to steal our country," he thundered, in his first speech since the elections, calling on Zimbabweans to be vigilant "in the face of vicious British machinations and the machinations of our other detractors, who are the allies of Britain...
...falsified his SATs and high school grades. Princeton had been taken in by a huge scam. Samuels artfully blends firsthand accounts, multiple documents, and personal observation to reveal that Hogue is not your average identity thief. While Hogue is a man who is deeply disturbed, compelled to lie and steal from anyone he could possibly rip off, Samuels carefully peels back the superficial labels of liar and fraud to discover a complicated individual. While in custody after being arrested at Princeton University, Hogue reveals his rationale for such extraordinary lies, a desire anyone can relate...
...capacity to engage in bowling photo ops. His shtick is substance, the endless access granted to reporters on his bus. The problem for McCain, and the opportunity for Democrats, is that his positions are either unpopular or sketchy. The problem for Democrats is that McCain has the potential to steal, or take the edge off, some of their favorite issues by offering more moderate-seeming, if sometimes totally inadequate, answers...
...more ground balls—a 24-18 edge. Despite Princeton’s better overall numbers, none of it probably would have mattered were it not for the most costly statistic—eight turnovers in the fourth quarter. Time after time the Crimson would steal back the momentum only to turn the ball over and give the Tigers another shot at trimming the margin...