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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "blink" here refer to "force to go away by blinking“？
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So far there have been signs of a new, more bullish Obama, now freed from the burden of seeking re-election. He held firm on his nomination of Chuck Hagel to head the Pentagon, despite pressure to drop him, and last week got congressional Republicans to blink first in a confrontation over raising the debt ceiling. His rhetoric is sharper, his willingness to blame the Republicans, rather than both sides, for their obstructionism greater too.
So far there have been signs of a new, more bullish Obama, now freed from the burden of seeking re-election. He held firm on his nomination of Chuck Hagel to head the Pentagon, despite pressure to drop him, and last week got congressional Republicans to blink first in a confrontation over raising the debt ceiling. His rhetoric is sharper, his willingness to blame the Republicans, rather than both sides, for their obstructionism greater too.
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No. It's just a reference to staring contests, in which the person who blinks first is the loser.
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- It's just a reference to staring contests, in which the person who blinks first is the loser.
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No. It's just a reference to staring contests, in which the person who blinks first is the loser.
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