Word: twistings
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...Solicitor General. He has also been given the highest rating by the American Bar Association. What the Senate Democrats regret is that they have been deprived of the opportunity to pick over the transcripts of such discussions for choice tidbits that they can take out of context and twist to partisan purposes. Estrada declined to play that game, but his refusal deprived no one of pertinent information...
Leighton’s match not the only instance of poor officiating. At 197 lbs., the Pioneers’ Anthony Reynolds appeared to twist sophomore Eddie Jones’ arm well beyond what the rules permit...
...Brit Awards' new seriousness is the sense that the long-battered U.K. music scene may finally be ready to stand up again. After years of watching imports like the Strokes and the Hives redefine neopunk, Britain has a plausible response in the Libertines, who add a distinctive English twist. Mike Skinner - the white rapper who calls himself the Streets - is a young, original talent who could hold his own against Eminem, with less obscenity. But for many, the U.K. music industry can't be deemed officially revived until it gets its groove back in the world's biggest market. Since...
...service of the neoconservative fantasy--and of the Likud government, which was handily re-elected last week--the Bush Administration has been dangerously out of touch in the Middle East. The standard term of art for what America should be doing is "engagement," a euphemism suggesting that we twist Ariel Sharon's arm. But effective diplomacy entails the twisting of all available arms, and Lieberman faults the White House for not pressuring the fatuous Europeans and deceitful Arabs "to get the Palestinian leadership to stop the terror." Indeed, the Middle East mess starts with the Arabs, with their state...
...amendment adds a new twist to sex-discrimination suits of this type. Grier said. The allegation of discrimination in services "has never been used against a club before, to my knowledge," she said...