Word: wing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...been able to dominate the shot chart because of its four-man forecheck. Running an aggressive version of the Detroit Red Wings' left-wing lock, the system denies the defenseman a breakout pass up the sides, forcing him to go up the middle...
...George W. Bush than for his Democratic rival. As he licks the wounds inflicted by John McCain's spirited challenge, the Texas governor will have to complete an extensive to-do list: Find a centrist voice, talk up the reform aspect of his candidacy and embrace the moderate wing of his party...
...appeals to the party's liberal wing--garnering the solid endorsement of Harvard's liberal monthly, the Perspective...
With that choice in mind, the McCain camp was hell-bent on portraying Bush as the captive of his party's right wing--a divider, not a uniter. By the time Michigan voters were going to the polls last Tuesday, McCain had taken Bush's visit to Fundamentalist Bob Jones University in South Carolina and turned it into a symbol of the entire race. Bush, whose brother Jeb converted to Roman Catholicism, was forced to stand up and deny that he was an anti-Catholic bigot...
Voters here have an independent streak--Ross Perot beat Bush's dad in '92. Maine tends to reject the conservative wing of the G.O.P., and may like McCain's moderate tone. This is a closed primary, though indies can register as Republicans at the polls, provided they don't change affiliation again for three months...