Word: flank
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...United States," said Ted Kennedy of the Senate Labor Committee, which will vote on his nomination within the next several weeks. "But he might have to be confirmed on a voice vote at 5 o'clock in the afternoon" to protect Republicans who support him from their right flank. "It's a triumph," says Mike McCurry, White House press secretary. "The fact that he's gone from dead-on-arrival to having a chance at confirmation is a stunning turnaround. Maybe every once in a while the good guy wins...
Breathe easy: the antler chandeliers aren't going anywhere. The bulbbedecked horns will flank an enormous staircase which will split the Great Hall (that's the main dining room to us) in two in order to provide more office space. "You'll have a remembrance and understanding of the past life [of the building]," says Buckley of the new design. Goody Clancy, the project architect, has planned the renovation so that "from the first floor, you'll be able to see what the hall once was." As for the chandeliers, "It's going to be a one-of-a-kind...
Edward Ruscha's "Sweets, Meets, Sheets" (1975), presented as a sleek Madison Avenue advertising image, pokes fun at the commercialization of sex in selling products. The vertical composition of Hershey's Kisses, beef flank and packaged bedsheets on a red satin background demeans the conspicuous consumption of flesh, advertising and materialistic goods...
...Harvard's impotent power play-zero-for-Colgate, an all-too-familiar result--needs help, and with Martins suspended for the first of two games at Alaska-Fair-banks after his game-misconduct penalty, here's a suggestion: move Cory Gustafson over to Martins' spot on the right flank and give Konik a shot in the quarterback's position at the top of the slot...
...President dropped a bombshell on his left-flank supporters by announcing that he would be willing to consider a Republican-sponsored constitutional amendment allowing prayers in public schools -- depending on the "details." While civil-liberties groups characterized the President's statement as a "cave-in," White House aides scrambled to clarify Clinton's position, explaining that he only meant to express an interest in neutral legislation for a "moment of silence." Democratic allies in Congress were left grumbling about what they saw as yet another presidential waffle...