Word: tacks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Long before he knew the exact makeup of the House, Gingrich knew that his majority would be smaller, his freshmen chastened and, as Clinton completed his tack to the center, that the leverage of moderate Republicans would increase. There are nearly two dozen members of Gingrich's caucus who are moderate enough for Clinton and Dick Gephardt's Democrats to peel off. Last week Gingrich began exploring with his advisers, including his wife Marianne, how to reach out to the moderates whom just a year ago his freshmen openly attacked. The man who once criticized Clinton as a "work...
...Jose Padilla and the Peninsula. Given the condescension and closemindedness with which you, the staff of a newspaper at one of America's finest colleges, insult and dismiss the views of the Peninsula, it should come as no surprise that someone a little less responsible than you chose to tack a swastika on Padilla's door...
...mother scoured five stores to find me a 10 color pen, and I'm not even a pre-med. I now use to it write letters to friends. I own a tack hammer and nails to hang pictures on the walls, which at Harvard is punishable either by death or organic chem, whichever you prefer. As I found out a few weeks ago, though, a tack hammer and a screwdriver make a mean can-opener, which is much more fun than the traditional Swiss Army knife...
Though not necessarily cheap for the audience, TEN and Mpath will charge subscriber fees of about $2.00 an hour, which adds up quickly with games as addictive as Quake and Duke Nukem 3-D. Engage, taking a safer tack, is offering its wares through Prodigy and AOL. Eventually, these services will probably have to adopt flat monthly rate structures more in tune with the free-for-all spirit of the Internet--and much easier on the pockets of habitual game players. Indeed, TEN is already offering subscribers a $29.95, unlimited-use option...
...limousine. No Fidelity tower looms over the Boston skyline. He walks to work. Like all true Yankees, he has a visceral hatred of waste. Beneath his gentility is a steely confidence tempered by years of business combat. He has learned to trust his instincts. He loves to tack against conventional wisdom, as he did when he pioneered check-writing privileges for money-market funds...