Word: blanke
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...science. "But this was going on the university's website, so I had to." Learning all of this has made me feel better. So has hearing the most popular joke among the French - one that did make me laugh: An Alsatian went to a telegram office, took out a blank form, and wrote: "Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof." The clerk politely told the dog: "There are only nine words here. You could send another 'Woof' for the same price." "But," the dog replied, "that would make no sense at all." Before you say, "Did you hear...
...Protopsaltis, ATHOC's general manager for transportation. "We let everybody appeal. Most of the court cases and the protests have now been resolved. "It's quite amazing and encouraging," says Gunilla Lindberg, an I.O.C. member who recently visited Athens. "Six months ago, the Olympic Village was just a blank hillside. Now the buildings are up." But much remains to be done. ATHOC has yet to put out tenders for a new boxing facility, much less break ground. A site for the 11 soccer matches to be held in Athens has yet to be found. Aek Stadium, the planned venue, suffered...
...there was any doubt that the audience at the silent auction was predominantly female, the proliferation of signatures beneath the WUSA’s Boston Breakers autographed jersey compared to the blank sheet for the minimal bid of $200 for an autographed Doug Flutie B.C. jersey would have served notice...
...much as the White House would like to belittle the significance of the inspections and call Iraq’s agreement yet another empty assurance, the turn of events is far more promising than any blank check resolution giving the go-ahead to his military. An invasion today would lead to massive casualties among the already-suffering Iraqi people, even worse than the appalling civilian deaths in Afghanistan. Furthermore, an invasion today would handicap this administration in fulfilling its duties in the war on terrorism still being waged worldwide. Afghanistan is far from rebuilt, its government is still weak...
...should underestimate the long memories and dogged persistence of the bureaucrats either. Public resistance to the Yoshino dam project in Tokushima forced the River Bureau to "table" it. The bureau did not officially cancel the project, keeping the option of pursuing it later. A bureau spokesman commented that a blank page should not be allowed to appear in his ministry's history dating back to the Meiji period?institutional memory going back more than a century...