Word: trumping
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...extent that either of the two contenders had a message, McCain's was working better. Bush took it as gospel that He Who Promises the Bigger Tax Cut Wins. His $483 billion plan was supposed to trump the cautious McCain, who talked more about paying down the debt than paying off the voters. But he hadn't bargained on pinch-fisted Yankees like the man at the Nashua Chamber of Commerce breakfast who stood up and punctured the theory. "I'm tired of all this tax-cut nonsense," the questioner told the Governor. "Can we stop it, please?" To which...
...Lewis] can trump me--that's a part of working for someone," Illingworth says. Illingworth praises the "team approach" of the College administration and says he doesn't particularly want to strike...
...very unlikely. "The 'River' theory has always been in question, because despite the reams of detective work, there's no smoking gun," says TIME science reporter Alice Park. "It doesn't have solid scientific proof behind it." Don't look for Korber's team to start celebrating their trump card just yet. As befits their profession, scientists remain unwilling to totally discredit any conclusion or wholeheartedly endorse their own; it will take something far more absolute than a new theory to effect anything more than imperturbability from the scientific community...
...TRUMP DUMPS TO STUMP...
When discussing his potential bid for the presidency, DONALD TRUMP suggested on occasion that the beauty of his girlfriend was more important than the brilliance of his tax plan. "When we walk into a restaurant, I watch grown men weep," he once said, distinguishing himself from those politicians who are forced to move voters through their oratory. But last week Trump split from the envy-inducing Slovenian model MELANIA KNAUSS because, according to associates, he felt the need to focus on his campaign. And in fact, a day later, he was back on the stump, pressing the flesh with...