Word: actualizing
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...Best Foreign Film of 1995; however, it opened in the U.S. in 1995 and thus could be nominated for best picture.) Many feel that "The Postman" nominations were achieved by the massive advertising campaign launched by Miramax, the film's American distributor. Nonetheless, when it comes to winning the actual award, "The Postman" will be hurt by its subtitles--no foreign film has ever won Best Picture...
...because of the competitive race to publish exciting stories as soon as possible. Press releases have increasingly become unquestioned sources for news articles. Public relations representatives, knowing that the releases often are not scanned before being published, modify data to serve their purposes. They have the opportunity to rehash actual data to appeal to readers and gain attention...
Further, Ms. Milgrom-Elcott criticizes the registration law's emphasis on the "supposed capacity for danger" rather than "actual danger." First of all, laws of punishment and incarceration have a probabilistic character. For example, while it is not certain that Charles Manson will kill again if released, his past actions give us strong reason to consider the possibility that he might do so, and as a result we keep him locked up for that reason, in addition to retribution and deterrence. Also, the recidivism rates of sexual offenders are very high, and unlike most other criminals, sexual offenders remain active...
...Kingston and rechristened it Madison Bank & Trust Co. Without telling the Clintons, he took out yet another loan in his own name to retire the $20,000 Union Bank loan that he and Bill had borrowed to make the Whitewater down payment. In late summer of 1980, however, the actual mortgage from Citizens Bank had to be retired or refinanced, and the bank insisted that McDougal and Clinton pay down 10% of the outstanding principal and agree to a regular repayment schedule to retire the principal. The Clintons paid $9,000 in principal and $4,350 in interest. As they...
...educational aspect of the rally came at the actual speech. In that sense, the forum is an ideal stage for intellectual and ideological clash. The tough questions about legal immigration asked of Simpson raised the consciousness of students about the issue. Because the audience was about evenly split over the issue of legal imigration, each question and comment forced members of the audience to re-examine their viewpoints...