Word: wonkiest
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...warmth rose above his cold. He grabbed throat lozenges for the motorcades. His staff began stocking his podiums with glasses of water. Behind the scenes, the White House medical unit was surely lending a hand too. At every stage, the President gave essay-length answers to even the wonkiest theoretical questions, though his eyes sometimes hung heavy with dark sags. By the time he made it to Ankara, on Day 7, he was mocking his own illness, reveling in a sort of victory. "In London, I sounded like I had acorns up my nose," he reported, exiting the office...
...Harvard Corporation told the Associated Press. But, Stone continued - and here's the tough part, Al - "Gore doesn't have the academic or intellectual standing" required for the job. Ouch. Others involved in the selection process are more equivocal in their dismissals, but the message stands: Even the wonkiest politicians aren't guaranteed special treatment in Cambridge. (And you thought it was hard to get into Harvard...
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