Word: breakdown
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...study, called The Religious Right: The Assault on Tolerance and Pluralism in America makes its general thesis plain from its title. The book contends that the rise of the Christian Right does not bode well for American Jews since it carries with it the potential for a breakdown in the separation of church and state, the emergence of anti-Semitic extremism, and the promotion of the idea that ours is a monolithic `Christian America...
...foundation starts to crumble, the whole structure is at risk of collapse. As a nation, the best way for us to address crime, teen pregnancy, welfare, gangs, high school dropouts and a whole array of other problems is to focus on the root cause of them all: a breakdown of the family. This should be No. 1 on the national agenda. We need fewer sleazy talk shows and more programs that show married couples with children. Our kids and young adults need positive television role models, and our country needs a higher standard of behavior...
There were no hedges, no bets the other way to protect Barings' huge exposures. Leeson attempted to trade in Japanese government bonds as well, but these too incurred large losses. In what apparently was a breakdown in internal controls at Barings' treasury, the bank continued to fund Leeson's activities, going as far as taking out an $850 million loan in the four weeks leading up to the collapse...
...wish I still had my 1937 ``stupid'' car, a six-cylinder Dodge with no gadgets. For air conditioning, I would crank open the windshield, and I got a consistent 18 m.p.g. Pity the poor smart-car buyer who has a breakdown in the boonies...
...happy to report that the project came undone because Harvard and the investment firm couldn't get along. The breakdown comes a little more than a year before the planned March 1996 opening of the Institutes' first three floors. Now, according to Medical School officials, it isn't clear whether private companies will ever inhabit the Institutes...