Word: deemed
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Syria's relations with most other Arab s countries range from mutual dis| trust to outright hatred. Saudi y Arabia and the rest of the Persian I Gulf oil states give Damascus ğmore than $1 billion a year in cash, partly because they deem it essential to have at least one strong Arab state confronting Israel. But the payment also serves as a form of protection money to ensure that Assad does not try to overthrow those conservative regimes. Kuwait, with its large population of Syrian guest workers, feels especially vulnerable. "Assad is a very bright...
...National Institute of Health (NIH) deem a liver transplant an "experimental" rather than "therapeutic" operation. Those terms are akin to international classifications of trade status, like "friendly" or "most favored nation"--phrases whose superficial similarities camouflage their varied meanings. In this context, "experimental" offers little favor to children like Brett and Jorie, considered by their doctors especially good candidates for transplants. For neither private insurance companies--which generally quote federal standards to their clients--nor Meidcare or Medicaid will fund such operations...
...maleness had been intrinsic somehow to the job in times of yore. It did not describe Donaldson's height, build or what she was wearing on the day of the appointment--as most publications, and the Times in particular still tend to do with irritating consistency. It did not deem the event a big enough deal to spark interest in the admittedly masculine title "Lord Mayor." And the Sunday London Times did not save space for it in the Week in Review...
...reforming contracting procedures to prevent absurd markups. In practice, Pentagon agents tend to prefer "sole source" contracts with a major manufacturer, who will acquire the parts from subcontractors and take a profit as middleman. When bids on parts are sought, the Pentagon's buyers often deem the competition "adequate" even if the only "bidders" are the prime contractor and one of its subcontractors, whose business often depends upon remaining on good terms with the larger company. Furthermore, the report contends, Pentagon buyers are reluctant to permit new sources of parts from breaking into the circle of approved suppliers...
...conviction for first degree murder. Here the author's sympathy for Harris has goaded her to a fascinating exposure of the twists of the American legal system. Her documentation of the mishandling of the case accumulates and convinces. One point is particularly striking. Harris's defense did not deem psychiatrists' testimony necessary but the psychiatrists who treated Harris before the trial believe that her refusal to plead insanity was in itself an element of her psychosis. Her psychotic depression, they believe, was of several years' standing...