Word: citing
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...election. They point out that in May, a group of former Gore fund-raisers met at the Washington home of his onetime chief of staff, Peter Knight. (Someone handed out buttons that said Al Gore Reunion 2007, but it was just a social event; Gore didn't attend.) They cite October as a good time for him to get in, since that's when the Nobel Committee announces its Peace Prize. Finally, they point to The Assault on Reason, the sort of book that could be a talisman of intent, since it takes aim at George W. Bush from multiple...
...Employers targeting veterans cite loyalty, drive and leadership among their desirable traits as employees. Two police departments and a security company have booths at this job fair; the similar work ethic and camaraderie make for "smooth transitions" for soldiers, says Khalil Muhammad, a Chicago police officer and former Army captain. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is here to double its hiring of veterans from 4% to 8%; Jackie Hintz, its director of career entry, says the self-motivation required of military members translates well to jobs as contracted financial representatives...
...final hours of the Presidential campaign, that voting for "Nicolas Sarkozy is a dangerous choice," warning that a Sarkozy victory would unleash "violence and brutality" in the projects. Those comments left a lot of banlieue residents even more resentful of France's politics. "To hear the Socialist Presidential candidate cite us as this easily ignitable fuse that would inevitably explode if Sarkozy won was deeply offensive," says Salah Amokrane, a leftist member of Toulouse's municipal council who represents the city's project populations. "Pointing to us as the stereotypical hotheads, certain to run amok when something angers...
While many of these abstinent students are religious—like Parker and Brinton, who are both Mormon—most of them cite secular reasons for not wanting to have sex. Many mention the possibility that sex could hurt the emotional aspects of a college relationship, and others say they believe that sex is meant to be an expression of a life-long commitment, a commitment they are not ready to make...
...Rosendale went on to cite an example of a man who lost seventy pounds after seeing how easy it was to change outward appearances in Second Life. It is precisely such direct connections between reality and fiction that the “plastic” world of Second Life creates...