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• n  a central cohesive source of support and stability
• n  pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on

• Meanwhile, the feds are watching closely to see if groups such as Hizballah use the Iraq crisis as a lynchpin for attacks.
• KAREN TUMULTY: Senator, on the question that is really the lynchpin of all these other questions, which is coverage, there are only a few ways of getting there.
• The lynchpin of the government's effort to defuse the Taliban insurgency is Sufi Mohammed, a septuagenarian Islamist cleric whose Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law .

• anchor
• mainstay
• keystone
• backbone
• linchpin

News & Articles

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• Jousting In Jersey! Caroline Manzo Sets Teresa Giudice Straight In Real Housewives Preview
  Like NeNe Leakes in Atlanta or Brandi Glanville in Beverly Hills, Teresa Giudice has arguably established herself as the lynchpin of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey franchise, as the… READ ON
  June 8, 2013 - RadarOnline.com
• 2013 MLB Draft results: RHP Ryne Stanek selected by Rays with the No. 29 pick
  The Tampa Bay Rays have selected Arkansas Razorbacks pitcher Ryne Stanek with the 29th pick in the 2013 MLB Amateur Draft. Stanek entered the 2010 draft with thoughts of the first-round on his mind, but he ended up slipping down to the third round. Rather then join the Seattle Mariners , Stanek set off to Arkansas to boost his draft stock. He was the lynchpin for the No. 4 ranked Razorbacks ...
  June 7, 2013 - SB Nation

Quotes

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• Henry Paulson in BusinessWeek
  Reform of the IMF's foreign exchange surveillance is the lynchpin on which other reforms depend and we look forward to action in this very important area very soonafter the weekend meetings, Paulson said.
• Leon Panetta in International Herald Tribune
  Clearly, he's got to become the lynchpin in terms of building the relationship with the Hill,said Panetta, who was hired to reorganize the Clinton White House in the mid-1990s. "Most of the others at the White House have a pretty...
• Anthony Scirrotto in Forbes
  Scirrotto, called by Assistant District Attorney Steve Sloane the "first lynchpin of responsibility," and Baker face charges including burglary, criminal trespass, simple assault and harassment.