Word: cores
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...entering the NCAA tournament on an eight-game unbeaten streak.The turnaround was partially a product of Leone’s ability to take full advantage of his situation.“We’ve had great recruits the last couple years, and our senior class was the first core group to stick together in a while, so I think having that experience mixed with the young talent was great for us,” Rhodes said. “That was definitely key.”While the numbers bear witness to his coaching acumen—Leone...
...just like in life, sometimes we just love things for their core value, and we keep coming back not because of anything other than what they are in their most fundamental forms...
...Jose Cabranes, a Clinton appointee who has been something of a mentor for Sotomayor, said the majority "failed to grapple with the questions of exceptional importance raised in this appeal." The three-judge panel's "perfunctory disposition," he wrote, contained "no reference whatsoever to the constitutional claims at the core of this case" - unusually blunt language for a court known for its collegiality in public...
...question everyone from President Barack Obama on down is now asking - What does Beijing want from Kim Jong Il? - isn't necessarily the right one. Beijing has said in no uncertain terms that a nuclear North Korea is contrary to the "core interests" of the People's Republic of China. The more important questions are (and have been all along): How much leverage does Beijing actually have over the North to begin with, and how much political will do the Chinese have to defend their "core interests" when it comes to North Korea...
...trying to bribe the North out of its nuclear program. Japan is more or less in the same place. China, which could inflict considerable economic pain on Pyongyang by cutting off trade and fuel shipments, now must decide whether or not, in truth, a nuclear North is against its "core interests." And it must do so with the world very much watching. Expect a senior envoy from Beijing to fly to Pyongyang at some point in the next few weeks or so for a conversation that will be anything but polite...