Word: departement
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Limiting “acceptable” political discussions to safe topics on which there is largely a consensus stifles conversation about subjects that depart from these three Harvard political touchstones and silences a wide spectrum of voices whose political priorities are independent of abortion, gay rights or the environment...
Should he depart, I hope he finds an institution more supportive of his specialty. It will be our loss, and his gain...
...unprecedented numbers, many driven into early retirement by FBI Director Bob Mueller's energetic, impatient style. In his first six months, Mueller has replaced 80% of the senior headquarters staff, and he's about to name new commanders in nearly a third of the field offices. Latest to depart: the FBI's highest-ranking Hispanic, Ruben Garcia, 50, whom Mueller named just two months ago to be executive assistant director in charge of criminal and cybercrime investigations...
That was a sign that Rogge is determined to depart from the laissez-faire ethics of his predecessor, Juan Antonio Samaranch. An even better sign will be an aggressive reform of Olympic judging. But for now it's plain at least that he means to distinguish himself from Samaranch, who winked at controversies such as the bribery scandals that led up to the choice of Salt Lake City as the site of this year's Winter Games and routinely ignored reports of bogus judging. Rogge understands that the value of the Olympic brand is on the line. He was determined...
...players and Milutinovic stayed home. But it's also true that 240 million Chinese television viewers, and probably a few soccer-crazy apparatchiks, never foresaw such a late-game loss of face. China was 1-0 up for just five minutes until Hong Kong leveled , only to then depart totally from script by slaying the mighty dragon 4-3 on penalties. How Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa explains this one might determine if the territory continues to get fresh water and receive flu-ridden poultry or whether crossing into the mainland gets harder...