Word: steps
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that to happen, however, Hillary Clinton will have to step out of the race. When that might happen, and what it would look like, remains the great unknown of the Democratic race. On the one hand, the path offstage seems obvious. On the heels of Tuesday's disappointing results, Clinton's advisers acknowledged that she has been forced to loan her campaign an additional $6.4 million in order to stay afloat. One of her key supporters, Senator George McGovern, announced on Wednesday that he is shifting his backing to Obama...
...Felix, in particular, "is getting more and more lively. He's fascinated by contact. He's fascinated by jokes and humor." According to one newspaper report, when Felix first saw the sun in April he cooed with joy. After years of unimaginable bleakness, it is finally time to step into the light. With reporting by Bethany Bell/Amstetten, Ursula Sautter/Bonn and D.J. Siegel/London...
...number one producer and consumer of barbed wire - literally and figuratively. The people are cowed. They utilize hushed tones when speaking to foreigners, take furtive glances over their shoulders, all part of the fearful obedience that keeps them calibrated to the crackdown they know to expect if they step out of line...
...more than 22,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands more homeless in the Irrawaddy Delta and the commercial capital of Rangoon, Burmese couldn't help but note the curious timing: On May 10, the country's thuggish ruling junta was set to hold a constitutional referendum, the first step toward what the military has called a "discipline-flourishing democracy." Critics dismissed the plebiscite - which has been postponed because of the natural disaster - as nothing more than a political ruse to legitimize the military's grip on power, noting that the proposed constitution reserves a hefty chunk of parliamentary seats...
...have listened and responded to the Allston community’s call for a stronger connection to the core strength of Harvard’s research and teaching by creating the new education portal as a first step in a much longer-term education-based partnership. We will work closely with the community to develop exciting new open spaces and introduce public realm improvements, just as we have provided significant support over the years for the improvement of various public parks, playgrounds, and the Honan Public Library. It is always our intention to be active listeners and to fully communicate...