Word: breakthroughs
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...International Press Institute in Vienna even sent the future Nobel Laureate a letter begging him to desist from his campaign against South Korea's free press.) Then there was the acclaimed Kim Dae Jung-Kim Jong Il summit in Pyongyang in June 2000?the supposedly historic "peace breakthrough" that later turned out to have been purchased furtively and illegally, with a price tag of at least $100 million, through the transfer of South Korean taxpayer money to the Dear Leader's bank accounts...
...overly perturbed by Monti's announcement, it has a whopping $50 bill-ion in cash, and it earns an average of $1 billion before tax every month. But the crackdown comes at a difficult time for the firm. Some argue that it has not had a major commercial product breakthrough in years, despite extensive R and D investments. It has yet to crack the coveted goal of getting a version of Windows into Europe's hundreds of millions of mobile phones. And at a time when the company is looking to break into new markets and catch up with...
...personal trials that may have led to her murder of seven men. The film has garnered as much attention for star Charlize Theron’s monstrous makeover into the less-than-comely prostitute murderess as it did for the actual performance. Theron’s performance is breakthrough work, painstakingly recreating the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself at any given moment. At the film’s core is Wuornos’ tumultuous relationship with flippant lover Selby Wall (Christina Ricci). Though Jenkins fails to offer a believable relationship between...
Psychologists have discovered that people often value immediate gratification over future rewards. This breakthrough has enabled Laibson to explain people’s tendencies to waver when faced with what should be an impulsive decision...
...basis of negotiations. GREECE AND TURKEY HAVE TO JOIN THE TALKS ON MARCH 22. DO YOU THINK ADDITIONAL TIME MAY BE NEEDED? We'll see. Everything that has to do with these negotiations has to be seen on a day-to-day, step-by-step basis. If there is breakthrough, for example, then the participation of Greece and Turkey may be redundant. DO YOU BELIEVE TURKEY WANTS A DEAL? There is a window of opportunity, but ... the Turkish Cypriot side and Turkey have been the intransigent side on Cyprus for many years. So that's why I'm saying this...