Word: dependence
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...cameras for an hour a day, apparently not seeing the irony of curtailing consensual exhibitionism on a show named Big Brother. There is a puritanical streak in some of the criticisms, an assumption that wanting to peep at willing subjects is prima facie immoral. And yet the shows depend on just that attitude to succeed; they hook viewers by convincing them they're being naughty...
...example correct a student has to correctly complete 10-14 mixed computations in addition to the correct placement of the partial products, which depend on place value knowledge or remembering the rote rule. This is a wonderful example of an exercise that is far more easily solved mentally. Perhaps we should be teaching this...
...seem disparate, but I think you will discover our writers' making some provocative connections, from Tom Peters' talking about the global marketplace to Nobel economist Amartya Sen's exploring the link between jobs and political deprivation. And if anyone thinks that China's bid for superpower status does not depend on its famed work ethic, then she should read Yale professor Paul Bracken's essay, "Will China Be Number 1?" (The answer is no, but the price for the U.S. of remaining the world's chief superpower is about to rise, sharply...
...onto the T shirts of the fans in the stands. Logos of sponsors won't be painted on stadium signs or on the field anymore. Thanks to a trend that is already happening, they'll be digitally embedded in the image on your screen. The logos you see will depend on your personal interests and profile, and they'll be different from the ones seen by your next-door neighbors...
...much of a carpetbagger from Manhattan as Clinton is from Washington. Lazio backed Newt Gingrich, but also has a moderate record on family leave and abortion rights, which will blunt some of Clinton's attacks on him as a lockstep GOP party man. Pooley says the race may well depend on which vote is bigger: pro-Hillary or anti-Hillary. "There may be a ceiling to Clinton's numbers, which didn't get past 45 percent or so even when Giuliani was at the height of his troubles," he says. "We'll have to see how well Lazio performs...