Word: dependability
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...stalled too long, other papers would grab public attention and we’d be seen as behind the news. We went ahead and published, eager to establish our ground as a reliable source for readers to depend on for up-to-date information...
What goes unnoticed in these discussions is that assertions of bias, as with all historical interpretations, depend on very general assumptions about the way humans think, act and write—that “people generally act according to their own interests,” “those without power envy those who have it,” “men seek honor as well as riches.” Those among us who view bias as an absolute bar to objective judgment would shrink from making such universal claims on the residents of a faraway place...
...fact that it is Pakistan's key military ally, particularly since that country's nuclear program forced the U.S. to maintain its distance for most of the past decade. China is certainly in a position to put the squeeze on Pakistan?s leadership, but much may depend on Beijing?s attitude to any direct U.S. intervention in Afghanistan...
...understanding of the inner Koizumi is crucial: his chances of resuscitating the world's second-largest economy may depend on which aspects of his complicated character govern his decisions and actions...
...security status; the Hoover Dam and the Mall of America shut down, and Independence Hall in Philadelphia, and Mount Rushmore. It was as though someone had taken a huge brush and painted a bull's-eye around every place Americans gather, every icon we revere, every service we depend on, and vowed to take them out or shut them down, or force us to do it ourselves...