Word: conducter
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...even the less-substantive interviews on comedy programs achieve a higher end: They lower the barrier between the population at large and the lofty political elite. One of the factors in low voter turnout in the United States has been a too-strong distinction between everyday life and the conduct of government, a psychological chasm separating voter from candidate. If humor and banter can serve as a vehicle for making the electorate think about the issues of our time and take a stake in their government, then our culture should not hesitate to make use of that vehicle...
...some helpful scientific advice: When that IRS agent comes to your office to conduct an audit, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you're sitting down to do your holiday shopping online, make sure you're cradling a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a chilly drink in hand serves as a brake on rash decisions - those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by two Yale-educated psychologists, published last week in Science magazine...
...begins I've Loved You So Long, a finely modulated and totally absorbing first film by Philippe Claudel, who is better known, at least in France, as a novelist. In a few minutes her sister, Léa (Elsa Zylberstein), arrives to conduct Juliette to what amounts to her new life - as a guest in Léa's home, which consists of Luc, her grumpy husband, two adopted daughters and Luc's father, who is unfailingly cheerful despite the fact that a stroke has rendered him mute. It's an inherently awkward situation, rendered much more...
...town hall meetings that administrators had initially envisioned were replaced by the two student committees, which will conduct three dinner meetings over the course of the semester and will be co-chaired by House Committee members, according to Nelson...
...spring, the College hired a consulting firm to conduct focus groups with students from each of the four House “neighborhoods” to gauge opinion about the existing housing situation...