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Word: ramrodded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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...talking as when they are talking, since the theater-in-the-round keeps both of them on camera a substantial amount of the time. If you believe that you see the true man during his down time, it doesn't speak well for either candidate. Gore tended to freeze ramrod-straight when finished, like a photocopier gone into energy-conservation mode; Bush had a disconcerting tendency to cross his hands in front of his crotch and sway, as though he just realized he'd been hitting the podium-side water a little too heavily. Sorry to be a broken record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Everyone's a Pundit — Including the Candidates | 10/18/2000 | See Source »

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