Word: breakdown
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Despite the breakdown, neither party seems willing to finalize a split. A PPP statement following Sharif's announcement said that there was "no doubt that the sacked judges have to be restored ... the only question is how best to do it." Sharif, for his part, also took a conciliatory tone, saying he was "very pained" by his decision. But after weeks of talks, including a crisis meeting between the two men in London over the weekend, the issue is unlikely to be resolved, and there is a real chance that the two parties will slide back into the destructive merry...
...Last week, though, the coordinators made both a goodhearted attempt at spin and a genuine contribution to sociology when they published a research report about their investigation. The 36-page breakdown relies heavily on the insistence that the project was meant to have the aspect of Bakhtin’s ‘carnival,’ a subversive “lens for the analysis of culture, language and narrative.” Whether or not this allusion was worked in to apologize for the project’s flawed final product, it?...
Give me your breakdown of general-election matchups. Who is John McCain stronger against? -Danny Collins, Chantilly, VA.I think Senator Hillary Clinton has a lower ceiling and a higher floor. She probably can't get much above 53% or 54% [of the vote], and she probably can't drop much below 47%. Senator Barack Obama is a bigger gamble for the Democrats. He could be a unifying national leader. He could collapse as well...
...never seen the movie before I tried out. I got a breakdown of the scenario the book writers were conceiving, and that sort of told us where the songs would...
...Analysts believe that only Zimbabwe's neighbors, particularly South Africa, have the leverage to force Mugabe to resolve the crisis. But Zimbabwe's neighbors are divided among themselves over how to respond, and all are wary of an anarchic breakdown that brings thousands more refugees streaming across the border. Although Mugabe has long traded on his credentials as an anti-imperialist liberation hero, younger leaders in the region are exasperated by Mugabe's behavior. On Friday, Botswana's foreign minister, Phandu Skelemani, broke ranks with his SADC peers to publicly criticize Mbeki's handling of the crisis and admit that...