Word: depending
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What the Philippines needs now is massive investment, and that in turn will depend on how well Aquino continues to handle her political problems. Aside from efforts by foreign companies already in place, little new direct foreign investment has entered the country since she took presidential office. But so far as Western banks are concerned, the awkward problem is that the latest fussing over debt agreements has delayed a cautious vote of confidence in the archipelago...
...that could have easily happened at the Rat or T.T. the Bears instead of Adams House, the type that should happen much more frequently at Harvard. You didn't have to wait in line to buy tickets. You didn't have to pay $14. You didn't have to depend on the Harvard Undergraduate Council to set up the whole thing. It just goes to show, music does not have to wear a crown to be good...
...wife and I just had sextuplets and they depend on me. I didn't want to tell you this; my wife made me come here; I told her it was nothing, but, well, I do have kind of a bad cold--in fact, well, I tend to sneeze so hard that pieces of my vital internal organs fly violently from my nose, often striking well dressed people with dangerous velocity. I'm scared, Doc, am I going be all right...
Like most teams, the Crimson's chances for grabbing the title will most likely depend on the quality of pitching; and with the loss of only two hurlers from the pitching staff that was ranked fifth in the nation a year ago, a strong showing is expected...
Gordimer takes risks with Hillela. Feminists may not be happy with a character whose identity and importance depend so thoroughly on the men she sleeps with. Early in the novel the author starts dropping hints that Hillela will someday be famous, and that of course is what happens. The former beach girl becomes the wife and then the widow of an important black revolutionary, assassinated by South African security forces. She later marries another black, who becomes President of his (unnamed) liberated country. She hobnobs with Indira Gandhi and Bishop Desmond Tutu. She and her husband are honored guests...