Word: core
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...cover of “Thriller” features a bloodied hand with a trail of crimson, suggesting an element of the macabre and of violence. It is this element—along with a heavy dose of suspense—that forms the core of these stories and holds this otherwise disparate collection together. The broad thriller genre, it seems, is essentially the literary equivalent of modern films such as “The Bourne Identity,” “First Blood” (better known as “Rambo?...
...some 200,000 single-family homes it says are being built in the country each year. Olofsson expects the first ClimateWell systems to be running in 2008-09, and says homes and businesses in warmer climates from Indonesia to South America offer great potential for the company. "Our core value is to find solutions that enable people to live lives they live today, but in a sustainable way," he says. "Changing behavior is more difficult than changing technology...
...Although the Daily Trojan is not totally fiscally independent, its daily production has historically been student-run. Regardless of the formal level of independence of the paper, a meddling administration undermines the educational value of student journalism. Interventions like this assault the core values of student newspapers—objectivity and comprehensive coverage. They compromise journalistic integrity and tarnish the development of the next generation of journalists...
...students that they were free to go, was also highly staged, and even involved a number of takes—Colbert had difficulty remembering the monologue he was supposed to deliver. While laughing, he repeatedly asked a crew-member to remind him what his lines were. COMEDIC TO THE CORE? Student reception of the event was overwhelmingly positive, even before it began. According to Corcoran, tickets for the event, which were free and had been distributed via an online lottery, had been going for as much as $100 on the “black market” of student...
...they were freshmen. Petersen chairs the Student Affairs Committee (SAC)—the student advocacy branch of the UC—while Sundquist is vice chair for College Life on SAC. They have advocated for initiatives like extending Lamont Library hours, constructing the Lamont Café, overhauling the Core Curriculum, and instituting universal key card access for freshman dorms...