Word: centrally
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...knowing where a garment comes from is by using an "RN" tracking number given by the Federal Trade Commission, according to Thomas J. Wheatley, a spokesperson for the National Labor Committee, a non-profit working in support of human and worker rights, primarily in Central America...
Ambassador Scheffer described his office of war crimes policy as "atrocities central," and a department accustomed to grimness...
Hanson tells the story of what can happen to far-right political operatives outside the bounds of a two-party system. It shows that a lack of central control can lead extremists to go too far--even for them--and to lose all political credibility. More importantly, once these candidates create or join a fledgling party, pressure is placed on them to generate positive reform proposals rather than to merely point the finger. And again that is where and when Hanson lost her way, as evidenced by her personal defeat at the last election...
Where does the case go now? The lawyers and the appeals courts will have their say. But ultimately, the most important actor in this drama will be Bill Gates. The Justice Department showcased just how central he was when it made the strategic decision to focus at the trial on his actions--and to make his video deposition and e-mails the public relations centerpiece of its case. Microsoft is Gates' company, and he'll decide how it responds to this latest challenge...
DIED. DAISY BATES, 84, civil rights leader whose memoir, The Long Shadow of Little Rock, won a 1988 American Book Award; in Little Rock, Ark. During rioting in 1957 over the integration of Central High, Bates advised the nine black students. With her husband, she founded the Arkansas State Press--a key voice for the movement. Her crusade, she said, "had a lot to do with removing fear that people have for getting involved...