Word: torpedo
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...ratify the deal next month could dissolve the entire accord, which is set to go into effect Jan. 1. But Clinton need not worry on this account: the pro-business, pro-NAFTA G.O.P. will probably give Clinton this plum so they can claim they're being conciliatory -- as they torpedo other Clinton plans.Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...
Attending this school doesn't help one get grants; in fact, the laws of supply and demand would suggest that a Harvard transcript is enough to torpedo almost any application. The surfeit of overeager contenders from Cambridge should lead wilier aspirants to delete the alma mater from their records altogether, or at least blur it a little...
...would get as close to the President's commitment to guarantee insurance coverage for all Americans and still garner enough votes to pass through the committee and onto the Senate floor. After their staffs labored most of last Thursday night and sorted through disagreements that several times threatened to torpedo the process, the group emerged Friday with only New Jersey Democrat Bill Bradley expressing some displeasure with the results. Relying on some marketplace reforms, a cigarette tax and a levy on high-cost insurance plans, the group's proposal promised to provide coverage for 95% of Americans...
...beachhead with no cover; the highest thing around was a shale rock. The only way to get off the beach was to blow up a big tank trap that was blocking our way. Finally one of our guys took the trap out with a bangalore torpedo ((a metal tube packed with high explosives)). They sent me to find our commander, Colonel George Taylor, and tell him we'd opened a breach. I stood up and tried to run. When you run over unconscious men, or men lying on their bellies, it's tough to keep your balance. You go into...
...rule of thumb, such loutishness should be enough to torpedo any politician's career. It is a testament to Zhirinovsky's perverse appeal, however, that these public-relations debacles had almost no effect on his stature at home, where media coverage of his blundering antics was virtually nonexistent. Abroad, however, his bullying and bigotry have prompted Western governments to consider easing their pressure on President Boris Yeltsin to push through his economic reforms or risk a backlash by the likes of Mr. Z. All of which is a fairly impressive accomplishment for a man who, up to last month when...