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invisible primary n.— «The dirty little secret, in what’s called the invisible primary, which is happening now, is that at least in 1996, 2000 and 2004, the candidate that had the most money in October was the one that won...
whale n.— «We jumped off the lift and found a trail with great big whales of snow—20 feet high—of course we did jump turns off them…. Back to the six pack, back to the whales.» —“Nhara J3 State Series Slalom At Ragged Mt...
smells and bells n.pl.— «For Minns and fellow traditionalists—as “smells and bells” Episcopalians who prefer a more literal reading of scripture are called—the burden referred to was the acceptance of homosexuality by the...
grow-op n.— «Law enforcement agencies seized 11 expensive homes in Andover, Pembroke, Concord, Canterbury, Hopkinton, Weare and other communities and confiscated 7,000 high-quality marijuana plants. The police called it the biggest drug...
World War Zero n.— «The Russo-Japanese War “is easy to overlook because it was not a lengthy one,” said Kurk Dorsey, an associate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire. “But the treaty was really...
ground game n.— «The pairing of White House wannabes with grass-roots activists and local political leaders—a mating dance known in political parlance as the “ground game”—has a serious purpose. Often a relative handful of...