Word: slides
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Conservative voters who oppose what they see as heavy-handed government regulation in the environment have every reason to push for McCain, because Obama's nominations would likely halt that rightward slide. But Kendall notes that while Republicans traditionally place a high value on the fate of the Court when voting for Presidents, Democratic voters are less likely to do the same. "I don't think progressives in general understand how much is at stake in the Court," he says. "They're used to the Court coming out generally in their favor, and they don't realize...
...level rise of up to 2 ft. by 2100, but Wanless meticulously explained why 3 ft. to 4 ft. is much more likely - assuming the world can slash carbon emissions enough to slow global warming. I live in Miami Beach, so I didn't care for his PowerPoint slide showing much of Miami Beach under water. "That's if we get our act together," he said. Then he showed a slide of all Miami Beach submerged. "That...
...invalided out of the band with an injured hip in 1996, legendary rock group Journey hasn't been the same. Singers Steve Augeri and Jeff Scott Soto tried filling Perry's big shoes (and tight jeans), but the band - whose success had, in any case, been on a downward slide since its '80s heyday - seemed mortally wounded, relegated to the ignominious status of a nostalgia...
...since the U.S. announced several years ago that it planned to spread its missile-defense system to Europe, Moscow has seen it as a ploy designed to emasculate its last remaining claim to superpower status: its nuclear might. In the two decades since the Soviet Union's demise, its slide into international irrelevancy has been slowed only by its nuclear arsenal and the recent rise in oil prices. While superpower tensions have eased considerably since the Cold War, both sides continue to keep hundreds of long-range missiles set on hair-trigger alert...
...since the U.S. announced several years ago that it planned to spread its missile-defense system to Europe, Moscow has seen it as a ploy designed to emasculate its last remaining claim to superpower status: its nuclear might. In the two decades since the Soviet Union?s demise, its slide into international irrelevancy has only been slowed by its nuclear arsenal-and the recent rise in oil prices, which has enabled Russia to begin to climb out of its post-superpower depression...