Word: zoned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Thompson is also playing in a gray legal zone by postponing his announcement. Currently his noncampaign campaign is a "testing the water" committee registered as a 527, a tax-exempt group with disclosure requirements far less stringent than those of a real campaign organization. Federal election law requires Thompson to declare himself a candidate once he decides to plunge into the water, which - given that he has signed up more than two dozen staffers, opened two offices and appointed his second and third campaign managers - he seems to have done...
...what is happening? Unbeknownst to its mundane Muggle inhabitants, England has become a war zone: it's Death Eaters vs. the Order of the Phoenix, no holds barred, with civilians both magical and non- up for grabs in the middle. The novel's first set piece comes when Harry departs Privet Drive forever (its utility as a sanctuary for Harry expires when he turns 17) under the protection of the Order of the Phoenix. It's a straight-up military operation, staged like an up-armored convoy leaving the Green Zone. Death Eaters are waiting, and a dogfight ensues...
...into a loose federation of three states, which, he hopes, would defuse the regional crisis. In defense of his position as the only Democrat to vote to continue funding the war, he offered the best of all possible reasons-to speed lifesaving, mine-resistant armored vehicles to the war zone...
...recent break from Iraq, I found myself sitting in Washington, D.C., at a bar on Connecticut Avenue within walking distance from the White House. I was there catching up with a longtime friend, who was eager to hear stories about life in the world's most prominent war zone. I explained that on average daily existence is a mix of thrills, horror and boredom. Whole afternoons pass in which nothing much happens as I sit in TIME's Baghdad bureau outside the Green Zone, essentially under house arrest since kidnapping threats make venturing out too dangerous even with a squad...
This afternoon, I was walking near the site of the new U.S. embassy under construction in the Green Zone. I thought of going a little out of my way to stroll down the street it's on and have a look at how things are coming. But then I thought better of it. Mortars have been falling around there lately, so I moved away instead...