Word: dependance
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...indecency] may merely be a right thing in the wrong place—like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard. We simply hold that when the [FCC] finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene...
...desert 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The 1,350-sq.-mi. site in the Nellis Range has absorbed hundreds of underground blasts as the U.S. has fine-tuned its nuclear arsenal. For Moore, 54, a cigar-chomping veteran of hundreds of such tests, nuclear deterrence and superpower peace depend on the results. "The minute we stop testing, we're in trouble," he says. "I'm not just saying this because it's my livelihood. Something is being learned every time there's a test...
...successful operation needs money, a meticulous plan and reliable people. The operatives working in China are critical. Peters and Kim Sang Hun prefer to depend on fellow Christian activists but will work with trustworthy brokers. There's no magic formula for knowing how many people or how much money is needed. Nor can the route be specified in advance, although right now there are two hot roads out of China--one through Mongolia, another through Laos...
CLAIM TO FAME King is the founder and CEO of Humanscale, a maker of ergonomic office products. Most high-performance desk chairs depend on a maze of knobs and levers to control the settings. Humanscale seat positions are based on the sitter's weight, so the chairs require fewer parts and use fewer environmental resources...
...much of President Bush's legacy is going to depend on what happens in Iraq. The most important thing for a president when a war is going on is to sustain the morale and support of the American people to fight as long as necessary, and to give them the aims of the war which they believe in, so they're willing to continue to sacrifice until those aims are met. That's why Lincoln's address at Gettysburg was so central. It gave people, in such soaring language, the idea that these young men who had died...