Word: tacks
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...pulling the bandwagon from persuasion against abortion to outright prohibition may prove difficult. On an overwhelmingly liberal campus, any socially conservative movement needs to tack toward the center to gain traction. And by separating the notion of choice from support for abortion, HRL has at least temporarily beaten the pro-choice movement at its own game. However, by removing choice from politically contested territory and accepting it as common ground, HRL may have trouble transforming the personally anti-abortion coalition they hope to form into a political anti-choice movement. It’s a nice battle...
Leeward boat gets the right of way. Sheet in! Tack and cover! Hike, you pussy...
Regional Muslim militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI)?blamed for bombings across the region, including the devastating attack in Bali a year ago?appears to be on a chilling new tack in its fight to establish an Islamic state in Southeast Asia: slaughtering Christians, in the hope of reigniting murderous inter-religious conflict in Sulawesi...
...Someone will be telling a story and he’ll just tack on a line and have everyone in stitches,” Smith says...
...second half, the Crimson had several chances to tack on an insurance tally, including in the 51st minute, when it couldn’t capitalize on a ball bouncing free in the Penn...