Word: targeted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...adds to the deficit. (So far, the CBO has given it a thumbs-up.) The President has focused even more attention on the CBO's numbers by insisting that any bill reaching his desk not add to the deficit over the next 10 years. Obama has even set a target - an overall price tag of $900 billion or less - that has put lawmakers in the position of tweaking and twisting every line of the health care bill so that it comes in under that amount. (Read "How to Understand a Trillion-Dollar Deficit...
...perform convenient plot functions, this is not a film showcasing mind over matter. On occasion, we witness Holmes’s renowned analytical capabilities, but rarely are these moments integral to the story. Holmes uses his intellect not so much to outwit the villains as to discover their next target, whereupon conflicts are resolved in fantastical action sequences. But none of this is to say that “Sherlock Holmes” is not a good movie —it’s just not one that viewers may be expecting...
...doing something important, unprecedented and unbearably hard,” Sarah says in reference to raising a biracial child in a prejudiced community, with a superciliousness that makes for a typical target of Tassie’s witty internal monologue. Tassie’s tone careens between ribald and elegiac, making “A Gate at the Stairs” a novel to read with caution. Tassie’s familiar voice can distract from Moore’s understated style and her love of detail and word games...
...grandeur. However, Munro runs into the inevitable danger of writing within a narrow world, and her stories begin to seem undistinguishable from one another. Instead of presenting readers with a slice of Munro’s world, it starts to feel as if she were reaching out to her target audience and telling them: Here, like this book...
...declared Ahmadinejad the winner before challenges to the vote count could be heard and declared that the incumbent was his preferred candidate. By so clearly taking sides, the Supreme Leader diminished his authority and ability to resolve disputes in the country's political system, making his own role a target of protests...