Word: pressing
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...weekend, captain Brenda Taylor and junior Ed Baker headed to the Reggie Lewis Track Center to compete at the New Balance Invitational on Sunday afternoon. Results were not available at press time...
...strict constructionists" (a line that some moderates might misread but pro-life people see as a pledge for pro-life litmus tests). The reporters kept clamoring until Bush had had enough. Last week one of his campaign spokeswomen informed the media that the Governor wouldn't be holding any press conferences for a while. "It's not in our best interests," she said with surprising candor. "We have a message of the day, and we're going to stick to it." Read her lips: no new chances to pin Bush down. Then reporters started howling, and Bush backed down...
Headlines, in fact, are what food activists say they need if their message is going to cut through the din of the 24-hour news cycle. Michael Jacobson, CSPI's executive director, makes no apologies for crafting his press releases for maximum impact. "These news stories last a day," he says, "but the meals keep coming day after...
...Techie-looking guys that don't quite fit in, working over layouts. We pass Dave Holmes in the hall. We want to linger, and try to meet other famous people, but being dorks and thus afraid of security guards and the happenstance that Megan may find us snooping, we press the elevator button and descend...
...only remaining states to use the electric chair exclusively, and have faced a growing tide of criticism in recent years after several botched executions, which resulted in more blood and highly visible pain than anyone was prepared for. Alabama officials responded to Tarver's pleas, according to the Associated Press, saying "death in the chair is almost painless and instantaneous...