Word: striking
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...former adversary. The International Monetary Fund has given Russia billions of dollars in loans but failed to create a stable economy. The U.S. Senate has resolved to create an ICBM protective shield once it becomes technologically feasible. Such a shield would allow the United States to launch a nuclear strike with impunity, a prospect that is understandably frightening to the Russians, not to mention Dartboard...
Unfortunately, Harvard's power play has not lived up to the expectations it created for itself. The Crimson was unable to score on all six of its power plays, and allowed the Eagles to strike first with a shorthanded goal halfway through the first. The Crimson is now three for its last 33 on the power play...
...Microsoft would probably be sufficiently dramatic to please the Justice Department. It might not thrill Microsoft, but it would be preferable to any remedy that required ongoing government supervision of its actions and products. And it's a solution that could find favor with Posner: a surgical strike by government that creates a more competitive market...
...enemy. Whatever, her fine 1993 solo debut, came out just as her label, Imago Records, hit the financial skids. Her next album, I'm with Stupid, languished in legal limbo until Geffen Records released it--two years late. And early this year it looked as if the curse might strike again: as Mann neared completion of a new work, Bachelor No. 2, Geffen merged with Interscope Records, whose executives ordered her back into the studio to come up with a hit single...
...everything these days?), the State Department over the weekend warned those Americans living beyond U.S. borders that they are in considerable danger this holiday season. Though officials say they have received word of a specific threat, Washington isn't saying where Bin Laden or other terrorists may strike, simply asking all Americans living or traveling abroad to take extra precautions - avoiding crowds and keeping a low profile are two suggestions offered - between now and the first week of January...