Word: buzzword
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...However, the symbol of the martyred and sanctified family may still serve a political purpose again - and again ironically. "The Empire" is the buzzword of President Vladimir Putin's ideology. Using the might of the Red Soviet Empire combined with the record of the White Pre-revolutionary Empire, he has created the image of the powerful "Energy Empire," looming over nations with less resources. He has long reclaimed Russian Nationalists' key slogans and battle cries for his own purposes...
...Exchequer. Rumors that Tony Blair will soon announce his conversion to Catholicism continue despite a difficult meeting with the Pope on the weekend. But what might any personal metamorphoses mean for the world? How will Prime Minister Brown deliver the change that has already emerged as the theme and buzzword of his premiership, cropping up 30 times in a speech on Sunday as he formally took the helm of the Labour Party? And into which globe-changing initiatives will his predecessor channel the energies and skills that have done so much to change Britain since he took office 10 years...
...school districts have found ways to orient some of their students toward the global economy. Many have opened schools that offer the international baccalaureate (I.B.) program, a rigorous, off-the-shelf curriculum recognized by universities around the world and first introduced in 1968--well before globalization became a buzzword...
...ranking pros by bringing innovative materials and construction methods to surfboards, some that had already worked wonders for skis, snowboards and the wings of Boeing Dreamliners. New designs using expanded polystyrene foam (EPS), epoxy resins and stiff sheets of carbon fiber add responsiveness and maneuverability to the boards. The buzzword: "flex memory"--or "flex"--the way a board snaps back into its original shape in a turn or maneuver. "The materials have a memory of the original curve, and they return to that curve very quickly," says Firewire's Mark Price. "It gives you that twang-like effect when...
Much of Bush’s cuts have been made under the umbrella of broader education reforms in which “accountability” has been the all-encompassing buzzword. But no amount of rhetoric can compensate for empty proposals which lack the bite of substantive programs. The U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education suggested, among other initiatives, instituting a system of standardized testing across the nation’s colleges and universities and creating a national database that recorded educational data for all U.S. college students. Ultimately, however, Bush?...