Word: cements
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...Just how dangerous might be revealed this week during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's first official trip to the U.S. Wen's visit was meant to cement the warming ties between the two countries, with trade the only real point of contention. Now, laments a senior U.S. State Department official, "the Taiwan issue is going to be high on the agenda." Wen is likely to push U.S. President George W. Bush's Administration to make clear its opposition to Taiwan's independence. That's something Washington has so far refused to do, maintaining instead that it "does not support" independence...
Last week, opponents of gay marriage reintroduced the Federal Marriage Amendment into both houses of Congress. The amendment would cement the second-class status of homosexuals in the U.S. Constitution, our fundamental articulation of American values. The amendment reads, “Marriage in the United States shall consist of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution or [sic] the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups...
...full service snack bar and heated kiosk provide the perfect way to thaw-out after a long day of skating at Boston’s “cement pond” in historic Boston Common. This scenic location is the perfect convenient skating location, much like Rockefeller Center—but in Boston. $3; skate rental...
...unveiling of your firm's grandest project yet, the one that will cement--or ruin--your international reputation. And you hope and pray no one notices your work. For acoustics designers like Yasuhisa Toyota, success arrives when an audience is rapt in the music, oblivious to the complicated physics it takes to project a Beethoven symphony with warmth and clarity. Toyota is the director of Nagata Acoustics, a tiny Tokyo company that has just completed a plum assignment: collaborating with architect Frank Gehry on the long-awaited $274 million Walt Disney Concert Hall, which opened to critical praise...
...Bangkok's sewerage?an idea dismissed by the city government as too expensive?it seems the capital will have to live with the odor and the sight of black sludge beside homes and offices. Walee, 54, a shopkeeper in downtown Bangkok, installed a row of plants on the cement arches that span the klong next to her store. In bloom, she says, the flowers mask the toxic mess. "When I look at the flowers, I see the klong of my youth," she says, "when it was clear and filled with fish and when my mother scolded me for spending...