Word: checked
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...There has been a misunderstanding," says director Waheed Omer. "We in the government thought the media was too negative, but we were not giving them enough positive information." Speed, he adds, is the second priority. "Yes, we have to check and coordinate information, but this does not mean we can justify not being on time." But with violence worse than ever and elections scheduled for late August, words are getting cheaper. "Ultimately," says Joanna Nathan, a Kabul-based analyst and author of the Crisis Group report, "cleaning up the government and proving that life is better is more important than...
...Bondholders who would not settle with the government and Chrysler are appropriately greedy. The money that they put into Chrysler debt came from pension funds and individual investors in many cases. It is not as if Citigroup (C) is the debtor left holding the check. Citigroup could, at least, petition the Fed to get back any money it lost on its Chrysler investment...
...sport is played. Each match has three two-minute rounds with about a minute of rest in between each. Scoring is based on number of blows landed and a couple of other factors. But these matches were not actually scored--instead, each participant walked home with a shiny trophy. Check out the video...
...which opened on April 24—chronicles one family’s journey on, appropriately, a traveling showboat in the South. Captain Andy Hawks (Trent Mills) directs the traveling troupe while his petulant wife, Parthy Ann (Shannon Martinous), keeps his compulsion and whims in check. Their 18-year-old daughter, Magnolia (Elizabeth Ann Berg), falls in love with Gaylord Ravenal (Adam Fenton Goddu), a handsome but incurable gambler who joins their troupe after misfortune strikes the company’s two leads. As the showboat continues to travel, Magnolia and Gaylord gain prominence as the two new stars...
...about once a month, after they have put together many applications.“We sit at a file drawer and look at every single piece of paper to make sure it’s in the right place,” says Adams. “We check to make sure the drawer is in alphabetical order, and in each folder the names are correct. You cannot do it for more than two hours without losing your mind.”Over winter break, Anderson leads a team of students from the Boston area who work full time...