Word: beating
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Luce's prospectus, LIFE was, from the very first, TIME's sister. For decades they have shared rooms in their eponymous tower in Rock Center, and they have shared other things too: a beat--the news of the world--and an instinct for lively, incisive journalism. They are not twins by any means; they have always looked at things differently. But they have always understood one another well...
...golf tournaments instead of the comics in Sunday papers, that once upon a time Schulz's strip was the fault-line of a cultural earthquake. Garry Trudeau, creator of "Doonesbury," who came of age as a comic strip artist under Schulz's influence, thought of it as "the first Beat strip." Edgy, unpredictable, ahead of its time, "Peanuts" "vibrated with '50s alienation," Trudeau recalled. "Everything about it was different...
...combating the Bin Laden threat that project toughness without succumbing to the temptation to grandstand. More important, to recognize that Bin Laden's influence is growing in an Arab political context where hostility to the U.S. is widespread, and to begin to address that political problem. The way to beat Bin Laden is to isolate him, which requires active support in the Arab world...
...wonder there were loopholes - and no wonder House Republicans beat back a Democratic efforts to put price controls on the reimported drugs. These companies do have lobbyists, you know. The loopholes were what made the plan sellable...
...Jumbo Wyoming farm boy who beat a three-time champion to win Olympic gold in wrestling...