Word: containment
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...think Marshall recognizes that the words do contain some kind of power. He reeled off some of the sayings for me--"KISS ME...LOVE ME..." paused, and then said something under his breath about how this phone call could get him arrested. The language of love is indeed risky, and on candy it can be downright dangerous. Maybe it's time to update the slogans. Marshall tells me that the candies were invented sometime around World War I. If any of the sayings in the current series are left over from that era--well, that was a while...
Bush criticizes Democratic plans as "socialized medicine." Although that phrase does sound vaguely pernicious, the only way to contain costs is for the government either to set spending limits or dictate the terms under which private plans would compete...
...addition to the University's financial challenges, Scott and University Treasurer D. Ronald Daniel said the year was marked by intense public scrutiny and pressure on American universities to contain costs...
Although Sakurauchi's comment that 30 percent of the American workforce cannot read it surely outrageous, it does contain an element of truth. As Time magazine pointed out recently, nearly 15 percent of American workers are functionally illiterate. And many high school graduates go into the job market without adequate training in math, science and communications--skills critical to today's economy...
What would conspiracy theorists find if the files were opened? Not much that has not already been made public except for some classified documents that contain CIA and FBI sources and methods. "There's no smoking gun in there," scoffs G. Robert Blakey, the assassination committee's chief counsel...