Word: trumped
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Since those heady days, however, the students have lost much of their luster. Their trump card in 2007 was an image of political independence, but they've since allowed themselves to be viewed as allies of the opposition - which, despite recent triumphs in state and local elections, is still seen by many if not most Venezuelans as residue from the ultra-corrupt élite that Chávez overthrew a decade ago. The movement's leaders, who once endeared themselves to the Venezuelan hoi polloi with their college-kid austerity and presence in poor barrios, now move about with...
...Trump, Donald • gratuitous scolding of Nixon's daughters is merely the latest example of the unending insufferability...
...course, that depends on international will to reduce carbon emissions - and its easy to see how fears of economic pain today could trump climate risks that many people now alive won't be around to see, especially for politicians hired and fired on election cycles. Brave leaders will have to think ahead, as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in the summit's closing speech. "It's right now, at the instant when our thoughts are centered on the economic challenge, that we must not set to one side the challenge of global warming, but instead resolve to meet...
...Michael Strahan before last year's NFC Championship game in Green Bay. "He said, 'It's cold out here. It's freezing. I can't feel my toes. But it's temporary. Winning is forever.' That's a good one." I couldn't believe man vs. nature could trump man vs. stale celebrity-interview tropes. Then I remembered that these guys have probably never read Jack London...
...Brad Pitt lookalikes on television anymore. There are so many other choices now, I think when people watch the news it's because they really choose to do it. Obviously you have to be able to speak well, but speaking skills and the ability to explain something simply trump looks. Thank...