Word: containable
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Bound volumes of presidential reports dating back more than 150 years cover a shelf on the back wall of the University Archives and contain the yearly musings of Harvard presidents throughout some of the biggest changes in the University's history...
Despite Goldin's caution about assuming the existence of Earthlike planets, few astronomers doubt they are out there. If other solar systems do contain Earthlike worlds, says NASA exobiologist Michael Meyer, at least some should fall into the "habitable zone"--the region, governed by a planet's distance from its star, where water is liquid rather than solid or gaseous. "The good news," he says, "is that if our solar system is typical, there's a 50% chance that a planet will be in the right zone...
Yale said its "objective in bargaining has been to contain the growing costs of its generous benefits programs, to improve management flexibility to provide better services at more competitive costs...
WASHINGTON, D.C. The White House urged Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole Monday to repudiate House Majority Leader Dick Armey's suggestion that any bill to raise the debt ceiling would also contain far-reaching policy changes such as the elimination of the Commerce Department. "His remarks are dangerous," Mike McCurry told reporters today, adding that the tactic could put U.S. economic security at risk. Karen Tumulty reports: "Armey's comments notwithstanding, there's no Republican strategy on the debt yet. Members are still returning to Washington. Moreover, the White House may have some leverage, given its advantage over Congress...
...Clinton has long maintained that her billings on behalf of the bank were "minimal." The newly discovered billings, which contain handwritten notations by both Mrs. Clinton and Foster, show that Mrs. Clinton performed about 50 hours of work for Madison over a 15-month period. The papers also make clear that she made some 68 phone calls concerning Madison and engaged in two official contacts with Arkansas state officials on the bank's behalf. Mrs. Clinton's personal lawyer, David Kendall, asserts that the papers merely confirm that his client did not perform significant work for Madison...