Word: caveats
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...choose names for themselves that reflect the true spirit of the club (e.g. Dee Regulation, Ivana Censorhugh, Lou Pole), dress the part (cummerbunds for gentlemen, tiaras for women) and, of course, adopt a “billionaire persona.” Entourages are encouraged. Finally, perhaps the most important caveat of B4B is that its members be nonpartisan—they are not allowed to support a candidate or advocate or dissuade a voter from voting for a candidate. Ingrid Schorr (a.k.a. “Maura B. Formi,” the ‘B’ standing...
...would indeed be reprehensible if—as Tenet’s testimony suggests—the White House deliberately exaggerated the caveat-laden reports it received from intelligence agencies before the war. But one thing is certain: when the president decided to invade Iraq in March, declaring, “the Iraqi regime will be disarmed by force” because it had “not disarmed itself,” intensive inspections had yielded no evidence that the regime actually had any WMD of which to disarm itself. Nor were the Iraqis resisting the inspectors: on March...
...proposed amendment got a big push last week, and it is likely to get another in May, when pictures of lesbians kissing their brides will be broadcast round the world. (One caveat: there is still a slim chance that gay-marriage opponents in the Bay State--including G.O.P. Governor Mitt Romney--will find a way to stop the marriages before May. But the state's highest court is not likely to approve any delays, so stopping gay weddings would probably mean outright defiance of the court. Most observers don't think Romney would risk his future on an Orval Faubus...
...Often the deja-view has ominous glints. To compare the U.S. post-war adventure in Iraq with our occupation of Japan, the producers aired part of a 1946 documentary, sternly narrated by Arthur Kennedy: ?Here?s where we clinch our victory or muff it.? That sounded like a caveat on April 13 of last year. Now it carries the echo of Cassandra...
These meaningless accolades may make everyone feel good, but they prove absolutely nothing—least of all that the class is balanced or sane. With characteristic understatement the CUE Guide’s caveat reveals all, noting “the absence of contrasting viewpoints to the liberal bias of the course.” Students should pull up their pants and look for more serious amusements...