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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of target.

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  • For a generation, American politics has inched toward the pulpit, and the country has elected three exceedingly devout presidents (Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush) since W.tergate, when Americans 'loss of faith in their institutions reached a symbolic crossroads.

    'Pro-Rape' 2008

  • President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon following the W.tergate scandal, and President George H.W. Bush, just before leaving office, pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar W.inberger over his role in the Reagan administrations Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages affair.

    Sweeping Pardons 'Unnecessary' 2008

  • G.W. BUSH: And when he thought that the nation needed to put W.tergate behind us, he made the tough and decent decision to pardon President Nixon, even though that decision probably cost him the presidential election.

    CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2007 2007

  • George W. Bush of Texas rejected public financing for his 2000 bid for the W.ite House, the post-W.tergate system has become increasingly obsolete.

    Edwards's Funding Gap Widens 2007

  • G.W. BUSH: And when he thought that the nation needed to put W.tergate behind us, he made the tough and decent decision to pardon President Nixon, even though that decision probably cost him the presidential election.

    CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2007 2007

  • HAMMER: Felt ` s name first came out this morning in a "Vanity Fair" article that shocked America, claiming that W. Mark Felt, second in command at the FBI at time of the W.tergate scandal, was indeed Deep Throat.

    CNN Transcript May 31, 2005 2005

  • He's the author of "W.rse than W.tergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush."

    CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2005 2005

  • This afternoon "The W.shington Post" confirmed that W. Mark Felt, a former number two official at the FBI during the W.tergate scandal, is in fact Deep Throat.

    CNN Transcript May 31, 2005 2005

  • He is also the author of a new book, "W.rse than W.tergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush."

    CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2004 2004

  • So enmeshed was he in Nixon's inner circle that for years he was widely suspected of being the celebrated "Deep Throat," the anonymous source who fed reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob W.odward information on W.tergate -- ultimately revealed to be FBI official W. Mark Felt.

    The Shad Plank 2010

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