Word: asks
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...asked me when I was little what my concept of vampires was, I would have said something combining Tom Cruise’s portrayal in “Interview with the Vampire” with the goth kids that hung out at the piano-store end of the mall—altogether a frightening image. If you ask most American kids that same question today, they would likely respond with a description of Robert Pattinson.The symbol of the vampire, older than our country, has once again been appropriated for consumption by a modern audience in the shallow form...
...College administration, which fell short of some of the overhauls proposed by Dowling, UC President Andrea R. Flores ‘10 says she believes the reforms will move the UC and the administration in the right direction.“We’re not going to ask them to do the exact things in Dowling,” she says. “There have been basic improvements.”INTERNAL REFORMIn May, the UC passed the UC Reform Act, which amended its constitution to incorporate many of the changes recommended by the Dowling Report, a document...
TIME: Thank you very much, Mr. President for meeting with us. Before we start with the major issues, I wanted to ask you a personal question. I spent Election Day in your old neighborhood of Nasiabad and I was struck, as I always am, by the numbers of widows and orphans of the Iran - Iraq War. Most Americans don't understand the impact of that war, a million casualties on your country. I wanted to ask you about your own experiences during that war. Did you see combat? Did friends of yours die? What impact did have on your worldview...
...That's my understanding. According to the press reports this morning, its President Obama, Mr. Sarkozy, and Mr. Brown who are collectively making this announcement. If I were Mr. Obama's adviser, I would definitely ask him to refrain from making this statement because its is definitively of mistake. We have no secrecy and we work within the framework of the IAEA and based on specific regulations and predetermined timeframes, we disclose information about our operations and facilities to the IAEA. We do that on our own initiative, not that anyone forces us to. Now of course...
...President, may I ask you about the economy in Iran? During your previous administration, you pursued polices that benefited the poor some would say at the expense of the middle class and that may have contributed to the destabilization of the country, and yet despite that, the economy has been in some difficulty: high unemployment and high inflation. What specifically will you do in this administration to help the economy of Iran? Well, the economic crisis is worldwide of course and nonetheless we are among the countries that have been least effected by this crisis. In the past four years...