Word: whips
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Wednesday, the Senate Republican leader shuttled, unannounced and unaccompanied by aides, between the offices of Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, the wily Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Tom DeLay of Texas, the fire-breathing House Republican whip. Lott's proposal: federal employees would be hired to do the screening, but airports could switch back to private contractors if they wanted after three years. "We've got to get this done," Lott pleaded with DeLay. "This...
...Russia relations have warmed so much since Sept. 11 that a resolution of the countries' most contentious dispute--over the U.S. plan to test and deploy a missile-defense system--now seems possible. President George Bush was already cracking the whip on American negotiators to clinch a deal. Now, with the U.S. ready to cut warhead levels to around 2,000 from 6,000-plus, the biggest battle may not be between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but among Bush Administration factions...
When the lights die, a figure creeps onstage. Suddenly she flicks on a flashlight, delivering a quick start to all. The action immediately roars forward; characters, entering with minimal warning or fanfare, cut large and impressive figures. Sharp and striking sound effects abound, from snaps of a whip to the clanking of metal wheels...
Regardless of the new name, debauchery was certainly encouraged. A table of condoms preached safe sex while simultaneously hinting at chance encounters. Bottles of whip cream oozed kinkiness as layers of a cool smoke hid the sticky floor. A curtain replete with a strobe light illuminated the silhouettes of nasty dancers while onlookers grinded to Britney and Destiny’s Child...
...Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their work for "a better organized and more peaceful world"; in Oslo. Annan, who first took up the post in 1997, has already been elected to serve a second term. ELECTED. NANCY PELOSI, 61, feisty San Francisco Congresswoman, to the position of Democratic whip in the U.S. House of Representatives; in Washington, D.C. That makes her the highest-ranking Congresswoman ever...