Word: americanization
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...insists that “the proof is in the pudding” when it comes to the success of their assessors. Yet, this lack of transparency is troubling, especially considering the already anonymous and impersonal nature of such outsourcing. If firms like this are interested in working with American universities on tasks as crucial as grading student work, they should be more forthcoming about the qualifications of their employees...
...tavern serves massive portions of unpretentious, moderately-priced American cuisine and offers full-service bars with a prodigious selection of liquor and American beers and wines on each of its two floors, according to general manager Ian D. Grossman...
...restaurant has about 40 small production American beers and more than 60 American wines, many of which are produced in sustainable, organic, or biodynamic vineyards...
...Such limited achievements are not without value. Since 2004, U.S. leaders of all stripes have agreed that the greatest threat to American security is the possibility of terrorists acquiring a nuclear weapon. The only plausible way that could happen is if a group could steal or buy uranium or plutonium from an existing store, and there are many poorly guarded stocks of uranium and plutonium around the world...
...concerns over Middle Eastern alliances have not always stirred the same kind of passions that are sparked by talk of late-term abortions and gay marriage. But something about Barack Obama and his economic and security policies (not to mention his style and agenda) seem to inflame the American right in a way that equals - and perhaps exceeds - the ire inspired by Reagan and even George W. Bush for the left...