Word: bumper
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...rake in cash, or save lots of people, but not be able to get there each morning because of the traffic that consumes most American cities. It would be even less auspicious if you tried to save money by living right outside the city, and while sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic going to work one day, the bridge you were on collapsed. Yet gridlocked traffic, increasingly long commutes, and sub-par roads and highways are becoming an accepted part of everyday life...
...would Obama take on the world stage? It's folly to predict. Events are moving too quickly. When Obama launched his campaign last year, the biggest issue in the world was Iraq. Now the public's interest - and U.S. involvement there - is dwindling almost by the day. Obama's bumper-sticker plan for Afghanistan - more troops to catch bin Laden - is being swallowed up in a befuddling tangle of intractable issues, ranging from the Afghan heroin trade to the instability of Kashmir. Foreign policy breeds surprises in American Presidents: Nixon went to China; Reagan proposed nuclear disarmament; Bush changed from...
...opium is a potential time bomb, and many law-enforcement officials agree. That's because the Taliban is believed to be "stockpiling to control the prices," says a spokesman for Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency, who confirmed that NATO forces have uncovered Taliban stockpiles of opium. Despite the bumper opium harvests, the street price of heroin remains a costly $67 per g in European cities, and the price Afghan farmers charge for their opium has remained about $70 per kg (about $33 per lb.). If the entire crop had been sold during the past two years, "the prices should...
...socialism to the U.S. "America didn't become the greatest nation on earth by giving our money to the government to 'spread the wealth around,'" he said outside the county government headquarters in Woodbridge. "In this country, we believe in spreading opportunity." Leaving the rally, supporters handed out black bumper stickers with the word change written in red letters, the c in the shape of a U.S.S.R.-era sickle and hammer...
...wise friend once explained to me that there are two types of people in this world: those who know Greek and barbarians. Unfortunately, for yet another year, Harvard will produce a bumper crop of the latter sort.Although the classical languages at the University today are the purview of specialists, that was not always the case.For more than a generation before 1950, Harvard offered two distinct degrees to its graduating seniors. The Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) and the Bachelor of Science (S.B.) degrees were nearly identical in all of their requirements, aside from one crucial aspect: The more highly-coveted...