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Barack Obama has quit smoking. Mostly. As he told Tom Brokaw in a Dec. 7 Meet the Press interview, he has "fallen off the wagon" occasionally. Oh, all right: When pressed, Obama said he'd "done a terrific job under the circumstances" of keeping up a healthy lifestyle. He has vowed not to break the current White House ban on smoking, but if Obama takes his nicotine addiction with him to the Oval Office, he'll have distinguished (if smelly) company...
...club if you work for Greenpeace). Whatever the strategy, the person holding the cash has to adhere to the rules, no matter what - which is not always easy. A behavioral economist, after all, doesn't have to live with the glowering family member who's fallen off the wagon and is demanding a refund...
...alone grilled. Indeed, Klein refers almost apologetically to an earlier interview in which Obama "grew a bit testy when I pushed him on the need for universal health insurance and a more aggressive global-warming policy." Instead of continuing to push, Klein came off as merely pulling the Obama wagon toward the presidential finish line. Please, Mr. Klein, we finally have in Obama the grownup we've been missing for the past eight years. Grill him like one! My stomach simply can't take being force-fed any more leadership that is, shall we say, half-baked. Kelly McLaughlin...
...itself was disappointing. Klein refers almost apologetically to an earlier interview in which Obama "grew a bit testy when I pushed him on the need for universal health insurance and a more aggressive global-warming policy." Instead of continuing to push, Klein came off as merely pulling the Obama wagon toward the presidential finish line. Please, Mr. Klein, we finally have in Obama the grownup we've been missing for the past eight years. Question him like one! My stomach simply can't take being force-fed any more leadership that is, shall we say, half-baked. Kelly McLaughlin...
...seems like everyone around here lately has been jumping on the solar-powered band wagon of sustainability. That is, until the sun runs out! [Insert Nobel Peace Prize here]. But who is really taking measurable steps? Prestige and Mobility care about sustainability and are putting our carbon credits where our mouths are. We plant a tree each time we kill a dolphin or eat a Panda Burger (mmm... Panda Burgers, only $4.95 at b.good when also presenting a copy of The Harvard Voice). We tried to start a wind farm in Adams A, using fans all powered by other fans...