Word: circumventions
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Above all, they share a distaste for ideology and a willingness to circumvent the bureaucracy when a bold stroke is needed. "I don't have a quick, innovative mind," says Scowcroft. "I don't automatically think of good new ideas. What I do better is pick out good ideas from...
The very public -- and very ugly -- spat left the historic affinity between Jerusalem and Washington more strained than ever. Israel, which has traditionally relied on a sympathetic U.S. Congress to circumvent setbacks with the Oval Office, has brushed up against a stern challenger in Bush. With the cold war ended...
We are saturated in reproductions of works of art. Hence the more art books and magazines we thumb through, the less likely we are to see an original fresh, for the first time: reproduction precedes the work as the radar blip announces the incoming plane, removing its element of surprise...
U.S. and Canadian air-safety experts are comparing notes on the often dangerous ways cigarette addicts try to foil lavatory smoke detectors. Smokers frequently remove batteries from the detectors, while other passengers carry shower caps to cover the devices. Some smokers have been caught desperately blowing smoke into vacuum-operated...
Rafsanjani's greatest problem will be to consolidate his power. But the system, which is fairly democratic within the terms of the Islamic constitution, makes it hard for him to circumvent the Majlis. The deputies, for example, recently fired his Health Minister for being inadequately "Islamic," and last week a...