Word: core
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...This difficult step was necessary to ensure that we can continue vital programs core to our mission," Smith wrote...
...guiding principle for the dean and school leadership throughout the year has been that we need to take every measure to preserve the core work of the School—teaching and faculty scholarship," Kenny said...
...cope with a shortage of visiting faculty members in the fall, current professors will teach more core courses, and some will take on a heavier teaching load than required...
...That strategy is to stay focused on core banking operations. While bank chiefs in the U.S. and Europe gorged on high-risk subprime lending and complex mortgage-backed securities in a quest for fat returns, Sands avoided toxic assets that got its competitors into trouble. Sands became even more cautious as the U.S. housing bubble began unraveling in 2007. Some risky borrowers - such as low-margin Asian exporters, which have been hit hard by the collapse of U.S. consumer spending - were asked to cough up more collateral when renegotiating loans, while other marginal customers were denied further credit. To strengthen...
...moon that hangs in the frigid depths of the solar system could keep water in a liquid state is not much of a mystery. Too small to have a molten core and too far from the sun to feel even a flicker of its heat, Enceladus does have other moons - principally outlying Tethys and Dione - orbiting nearby. Each time those moons pass, they give Enceladus a gravitational tug, which causes it to flex slightly. Do that enough times - and the 4 billion years the solar system has been around is more than enough - and the pulsing moon heats...