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| GOP Senate hopes once again rest on insurgents Thu, 17 May 2012 07:59:13 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010.... |
| No sure thing for GOP: a tight battle for Senate Thu, 17 May 2012 04:08:45 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add up to an unpredictable battle for control of the Senate this fall, confounding early forecasts that an era of Democratic rule was inevitably coming to an end.... |
| Romney keeps media at bay as he sticks to script Wed, 16 May 2012 23:32:17 GMT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Mitt Romney is trying harder than ever these days to stay on script - and keep his traveling national press corps at arm's length.... |
| THE RACE: Endorsements slow as Romney closes in Wed, 16 May 2012 16:59:56 GMT As Mitt Romney closes in on nailing down the Republican presidential nomination, endorsements from prominent Republicans are slowing to a trickle. And some endorsements come with noticeable reservations.... |
| Don't bet on Mitt Romney winning in Massachusetts Wed, 16 May 2012 19:36:19 GMT BELMONT, Mass. (AP) -- Don't bet on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney winning his home state or even trying.... |
| Bain Capital defends record in light of criticism Wed, 16 May 2012 22:14:23 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing new attacks from Democrats, the private equity firm Mitt Romney helped create is defending its record.... |
| Biden attacks Romney tenure as venture capitalist Thu, 17 May 2012 02:55:06 GMT YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning in Democratic territory with high unemployment, went after Republican Mitt Romney's business background Wednesday and cast him as a corporate raider more interested in profits than people.... |
| Romney inches closer to clinching GOP nomination Wed, 16 May 2012 20:16:52 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won most of the delegates in the Oregon primary, leaving him 153 delegates shy of the number of delegates needed to win the Republican nomination for president.... |
| Wisconsin governor releases better 2011 jobs data Wed, 16 May 2012 19:47:31 GMT MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Scott Walker released better 2011 jobs figures on Wednesday in an attempt to rebuff a central argument of those trying to recall him from office that Wisconsin's economy has suffered under his leadership.... |
| Former FBI agent drops out of House race in CT Wed, 16 May 2012 22:45:17 GMT FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) -- A former FBI agent who helped send elected officials to jail, including a governor, is dropping out of the Republican race in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District.... |
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.