Word: tack
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Bush isn't quite ready to follow McCain's authenticity tack into the public's hearts. While the Arizona senator wears such "honesty" well, it could be seen as hypocritical coming from Bush, who has repeatedly attacked Al Gore as poll-driven and without conviction. On Thursday, Bush reaffirmed his position that the flag is a state issue. Now he finds himself trapped between states' rights purists and moral purists, between presenting himself as a man of conviction and bending to public opinion, and between his vision of an expanded federal government and a strong position on state sovereignty...
...Tack another chapter onto junior track superstar Dora Gyorffy's storybook year...
There is one force, though, that is not covered by the standard model: the force of gravity. Einstein's general theory of relativity gives a good account of gravitation at ordinary distances, and if we like, we can tack it on to the standard model. But serious mathematical inconsistencies turn up when we try to apply it to particles separated by tiny distances--distances about 10 million billion times smaller than those probed in the most powerful particle accelerators...
...Carorder.com make such an offer? The answer is because they can. As we all know, tack the .com suffix onto your company name and, suddenly, cash becomes an abundant resource. Who cares how much the new hires actually deserve? Run an ad offering a small fortune, and recruitment becomes just a little bit easier. So, what's the problem? If Carorder.com wants to share some of its wealth with Harvard students, why should we complain...
...mixture of waters drawn from Connecticut, Cuba and Sierra Leone, the home of the kidnapped Africans. The Amistad's first stop after it leaves Mystic in July will be Operation Sail 2000 in New York harbor on July 4. Once that coming-out party is done, it will tack off into coastal waters, sailing from ports in the U.S. and perhaps Cuba and Sierra Leone to carry the tale of the long-ago ship in whose memory it was built. After 161 years, the Amistad name may at last be redeemed...