Word: bernard
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...Giuliani has proven more durable than many had expected, and his standing in the polls, until recently, seemed unaffected by questions about his private life, his loyalty to - and promotion of - disgraced New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik and potential conflicts of interest stemming from his consulting firm, Giuliani Partners. Those questions - repeated and repeated - have now begun to take a toll: Giuliani's negative ratings jumped seven points in the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll...
...white matter which connects the grey matter deeper inside. The team found that the brains they imaged were more disordered. They posited that this was the cause of reduced fluent reading skills.The study was led by Harvard Medical School professor Christopher A. Walsh, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center neurologist Bernard S. Chang, and Tami Katzir...
...speculation of a thaw in relations between the U.S. and Syria since Damascus participated in the Annapolis peace summit two weeks ago. An international coalition headed by the U.S. and France is heavily engaged in mediating an agreement over the presidency. France has been particularly active, with Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner spending much of the past three weeks in Beirut shuttling between bickering Lebanese politicians while other French officials have consulted the Syrian leadership. In reaction to the bomb attack, a clearly exasperated Kouchner said it was a "cowardly attack that shows a clear intention to cause instability," adding that...
...step up from shoestring, but Sarah - high-heeled brown boots now thrown off, lying next to stuffed Saint Bernard animal slippers (a not-so-kidding gift from her sister-in-law to ward off the cold) - is still looking for that driver. "I need a body. I need a warm, functioning living, breathing human being and I don't want to pull somebody from here. It's empty...
...Royal called it "odious, shocking, and even inadmissible", and accused the President of "stomping on traditional French defense of human rights". Royal's centrist rival in the election, François Bayrou, termed the visit "unworthy of France, and unworthy for France." Even French Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner could muster little more enthusiasm than to say, "I am resigned to hosting him. It was necessary...