Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...comment that I don't take things as seriously as I did my first year, I meant that I would no longer get stressed out to the point of crying during an exam. This does not mean that I do not take academics seriously, and I believe my academic record is evidence of this...
Even now the ambiguity remains. At his press conference, Bush was asked point-blank, "Are you going to war?" Said the President: "I would love to see a peaceful resolution to this question...
Boschwitz, made complacent by polls giving him a 15-point lead in September, initially waged a smug campaign. Then he was sucked into a controversy over his party's initial gubernatorial candidate, Jon Grunseth, who was eventually forced to quit the race because of allegations of sexual misconduct. Boschwitz came across as feckless during that ugly dispute. As his lead slipped, his camp committed what political analyst D.J. Leary called "one of the most incredible political blunders I've ever seen in 30 years." The Senator's supporters circulated a letter among Jewish voters accusing Wellstone of weak commitment...
...previous crusades. His early TV spots attacking Gantt as too liberal on issues such as abortion and gay rights fired up rural "Jessecrats" but not moderates and fence-sitters. Gantt raised enough money to match Helms' TV blitz in the final weeks and to gain an eight-point lead in mid-October polls...
Reid's sermons are interspersed with traditional Pentecostal dancing and singing, while at one point in the Sunday service worshipers break up into cozy prayer circles. Bethel is an energetically activist congregation: last year it clothed and fed 18,000 people, and it operates programs for older people, teens, women, youths with school problems and adults who cannot read. Next on the agenda is a $10 million athletic center...