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Furrowed brows.


Unfortunately, as we all learned, clarity eluded Kerry even more successfully than humor. I remember that, on his third day of trying to blame Bush for the looted loot  
n.
1. Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.

2. Stolen goods.

3. Informal Goods illicitly obtained, as by bribery.

4.
 munitions mu·ni·tion  
n.
War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural.

tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions
To supply with munitions.
 dump in Iraq, Kerry was mired mire  
n.
1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.

2. Deep slimy soil or mud.

3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty.

v.
 in trying to explain rebuttals and sur-rebuttals of his case. The audience looked perplexed. Even the party diehards on the platform behind the podium were furrowing their eyebrows as they cast puzzled glances at their neighbors.
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Title Annotation:Tilting at Windmills; John F. Kerry communication
Author:Peters, Charles
Publication:Washington Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2004
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