Word: aligned
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...first Reid did not align himself with extremist groups. On leaving prison in 1994, he gravitated to the Brixton Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center, a rundown Victorian house in the heart of black London. The Brixton mosque has a reputation for homeyness. Each morning children stream into the mosque's schools, brought by mothers in head scarves or veils. The mosque doesn't ask many questions about a believer's past. When you come to Islam, says the mosque's chairman, Abdul Haqq Baker, you make a fresh start. Each Friday 400 to 500 worshippers attend prayers, the majority...
...Each new development had the Democrats rubbing their hands together in anticipation. For months the opposition party had had almost nothing to say, partly because the nation was at war and partly because it was keen to align itself with a popular President. With nothing much to argue about, the Democrats had nothing with which to distinguish themselves. Worst of all, no one in the country was willing to blame the state of the economy on anyone other than Osama bin Laden. "You can only do what you can do based on the cards you have to play," said Senator...
...only do local McDonald's marketers have to adapt the chain's offerings to the local palate, they are also often careful to align their product with local heroes and concerns. Sometimes that's a hedge against the Golden Arches becoming the first stop, as it invariably is, for any anti-American mob assembled to protest some aspect of U.S. foreign policy. It's fine for the Golden Arches to be identified with all things American in markets where all things American are celebrated. Elsewhere, however, different tactics may be required...
...Summers works to reform the tenure process to align with his goals of a larger Faculty drawn more from within, he must be careful not to overstep the bounds of either the law or the University’s interest. Age alone does not limit academic promise, and it should not be used as the sole measure of potential—in tenure hearings or elsewhere. No one would deny the talents or scholarship of the Faculty’s tenured professors, who have an average age of 55. Most are not past their prime. And to those who thought...
...Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ‘53 and Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz engaged Kingsley Porter University Professor Helen H. Vendler in a freak sandwich. “I give all my ladies D’s” said Mansfield, bending his knees to align pelvises with Vendler. “Deez nutz...