Word: dependence
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...Which groups move will depend on the kind of space we manage to find,” Illingworth wrote...
...What can the meeting accomplish? That may depend on who leads it. Many feel that the man to watch will be not the frail Pope but Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, who heads the church's powerful Congregation for the Clergy. But the conservative Pontiff made headlines Saturday, ordering Bishops to "diligently investigate accusations" against priests for breaking their vows of celibacy. "It's a mistake to underestimate him," says George Weigel, the Pope's biographer...
...city also has always kept the program well-supported. Schork, in fact, praises Mayor Thomas M. Menino with all the enthusiasm of someone who still depends on City Hall for funding. “I attribute the entire success of the program to the mayor,” she said. The BYFMC has not become one of many arts programs tragically struggling in an era of budget cuts, perhaps because of its public utility—in addition to adding color and vibrancy to neighborhoods and employing city youth, the BYFMC contributes to the development of the next generation...
Although some people may attempt to quit because of higher prices, the reality of their nicotine addiction means that most smokers will not even try to quit. Smokers pay the higher price for cigarettes and legislators know it. State and federal governments depend on this willingness to feed a destructive habit. Legislators need the tax revenue to fund government programs—programs that they would otherwise have to cut—or risk losing the support of their constituents. Politicians have become as dependent on cigarettes as the people who smoke them...
...Even if Arafat is prepared to call for a cease-fire, however, he may lack the means, now, to enforce one. "Operation Defensive Shield" has systematically targeted Palestinian Authority security structures, and left them badly degraded. And it is on those very structures that a cease-fire agreement would depend for policing Palestinian militants. Not surprisingly, the White House has been working to diminish expectations of Powell's trip achieving a truce...