Word: tilts
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...Washington Just Another New Guy Arlen Specter, the Pennsylvania Senator who rocked U.S. politics by leaving the Republicans for the Democrats, has been stripped of his seniority in a deal struck by party leaders. The demotion means Specter, a 29-year Senate veteran who cited the GOP's tilt rightward for his departure, will be the most junior Democrat on four committees--including Judiciary, which he had chaired as a Republican...
...Melitz said he waited to accept the offer in part because of family considerations. His decision to leave Princeton to join the Harvard economics department highlights the rivalry between the two departments—two of the best in the nation. “Obviously this is going to tilt the scale somewhat,” said economics Professor Elhanan Helpman, who also specializes in international trade. “They took him from us, so we are entitled to take him from them,” he said. —Staff writer Noah S. Rayman can be reached...
...decide yet which wagons are going to make it and which aren't." In fact, that decision seems more and more apparent: Congress is unlikely to pass the linchpin of Obama's alternative-energy initiative - a cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions to combat global warming and tilt the market toward energy independence but that would also raise energy prices in the midst of a recession...
Sancho Panza: America doesn't read. The situation is depressing enough to warrant any and all measures--including sacrificing the dog's name to the literary gods. Plus, B.O. needs a faithful companion to help his god-like boss tilt at windmills the financial system...
...Nick gets mad, you’ll see. That always happens,” Tilt says from the sidelines. “Nick gets really upset and scores all the goals...