Word: struck
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...things that struck us as we entered the general election was that two pieces of conventional wisdom had been stood on their heads. The first was that Barack Obama actually had a much better defined image with voters than John McCain did, especially on key attributes related to bringing about change in Washington: he had a 13-point advantage on "would stand up to special interests," a 12-point edge on whether he could "change partisan politics," a 26-point advantage on "would stand up for the middle class...
...Hamas, the Islamic militants who control Gaza, struck back, lobbing mortars at the Israeli forces and wounding six soldiers. Circling Israeli drones and helicopters fired missiles killing six Hamas fighters, and Israeli forces pulled back, after blowing up the house at the edge of a teeming refugee camp from which the tunnel was secretly being dug. As usually happens after an Israeli attack in Gaza, militants inside the Palestinian enclave responded by firing a hail of rockets, 35 of which peppered towns and villages in southern Israel. Two women were wounded in the barrage, but most rockets fell aimlessly...
...says DiBenigno, who has come under criticism among Republicans the past couple months for McCain's slip in the Florida polls, but whose counsel and on-the-ground knowledge, say backers, has too often been ignored by the McCain campaign's national bosses. "The Senator's economic message has struck a chord with small-business owners here - Jose the Plumber, if you will." And that includes non-Cuban Latinos, she insists, who polls suggest could trend McCain's way in Florida because of their conservative stances on social issues like abortion...
...second round match with Dartmouth’s Curtis Roby proved to be one of the most high-strung matches of the tournament. Breaking Roby in the first set at 5-5, Vegosen was able to hold his serve and earn himself the first set. Roby struck hard in the second set with a slew of passing shots. But Vegosen rallied back in the final tiebreaker and overwhelmed Roby with a dominant 10-4 victory. “Spencer has been able to distinguish himself in the classroom but up until now hasn’t managed to distinguish himself...
...career: music industry. Both are so over. Right? Recent news exposed the ploys of Baylor University, an institution that was offering freshmen the chance to retake the SATs (read: paying them to retake the SATs) in order to boost statistical averages and gain potential scholarship grants. This struck FM as a questionable practice, so we tested a random sampling of undergrads in order to see whether Harvard students would do better taking the SATs now, or if our best standardized days, along with curfews and chaperoned dances, are a thing of the past. 1. The ________ decor of the King?...