Word: tack
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...China's official reaction denouncing the comments was predictable. Bush?s comments put him on a slippery slope, because they diverge from the "strategic ambiguity" tack that has defined the relationship for Washington all these years. Republican and Democrat administrations - including President Bush's father - have since Nixon's opening to Beijing embraced "strategic ambiguity" on Taiwan...
SMOKE SCREEN, TACK DISPENSER, OIL SLICKS Various pipes in the rear of the truck ward off attackers by spewing oil slicks, clouds of obfuscating smoke and a carpet of tacks designed to hit the ground pointing...
Still Sharp as a Tack...
...that his death resulted from a problem in his chest" is a statistically sound guess that could cover everything from lung cancer and emphysema to a heart attack. Should the subject answer no, the cold reader will often say, "Well, we'll get back to that," and quickly change tack. It's a sophisticated form of the game Twenty Questions, during which the subject, anxious to hear from the dead, seldom realizes that he, not the medium or the departed, is supplying the answers...
...most appealing part of this aspect of sport is that its simplicity makes it accessible to all of us. It's what feels so good about trying to tack another 20 pounds to the weight machine or shooting free throws at the MAC. It's something I myself felt when I returned to biking late last summer after tearing knee ligaments in May. The beauty of surprising yourself is there for the taking...