Word: throwings
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...Lamont had flip-flopped on whether the U.S. should withdraw troops from Iraq, and saying he has so little political experience that Connecticut voters had to ask "who is Ned Lamont?" He was dismissive of Lamont, shaking his head at some of his answers and frequently interrupting him to throw him off guard. At one point, after Leiberman said Lamont had taken "his fifth position" on Iraq withdrawal and Lamont responded by largely restating his view that the U.S should withdraw troops soon, Lieberman sighed and noted Lamont had taken his sixth position...
...disprove the same idea; "always do this" and "never do this." Sometimes they're even in the same journal. In the 1950s, scientific authorities told the public they should eat butter, eggs and caffeine. Then they said they shouldn't. Now they should again. This tempts us to throw up hands and give up on thinking...
...condolence note. "She was a lively grandmother," Sturm says of Alice, who spent two more decades entertaining Nixons and Kennedys in her home, which was covered with old animal skins, books and peeling paint. Alice would stay up late, teaching herself Greek and reading about science, propped beside a throw pillow embroidered with if you can't say something nice, then sit next to me. Until Alice died at 96 in 1980, Washington's elite were more than happy to take her up on that offer...
...We’re not just going to throw it out,” he said of the current proposal. “We’re going to think of ways to make it work better...
Menand, an active member of the 2004-2005 committee, said this summer's committee will attempt to build on the work of the previous groups. "We're not just going to throw it out," he said of the current proposal. "We're going to think of ways to make it work better...