Word: deterent
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...quietness was infused with a drive that pushed him onto the team, as a second-string receiver and defensive back, as well as the honor roll. "He was a hardworking kid who didn't get to play as much as he wanted to, but he didn't let that deter him," says coach Zak Taylor. "We'd finish about 3:45 every day, and he'd always stay late," working out in the weight room. Younger brother Micah, 19, says Matt has always preferred action to words. "Matt works hard and does the best he can. A lot of people...
...speak Spanish and Flor doesn't know a word of English - it's a comedy of confusion. But with a message: Between the laughs, Flor struggles to protect her humble values and shield her daughter from the corrupting power of money. Vega's faltering English didn't deter director James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, As Good as It Gets) from casting her. "I knew [Brooks] had been looking for somebody for a long time," says Vega. "They called me to do the part, but I told them I couldn't do it because I don't speak English...
...find that South Korea, China and Russia all endorse this call for the administration to drop its aversion to talking directly to the regime of Kim Jong-Il. Hardliners in Washington are claiming vindication, arguing that the North's announcement shows that talking to the regime does nothing to deter it from the nuclear path. They may be right, although China and South Korea may be inclined to read the latest North Korean announcement as simply a new game of brinkmanship designed to push Pyongyang to the top of Washington's foreign policy concerns...
...from the roads in order to deny insurgents freedom of movement. The borders and Baghdad's airport will also be closed for three days. But in areas where would-be voters are fearful of insurgent attacks, the bloody track record of the past three months may be enough to deter them from going out to test the effectiveness of the new security measures...
Ambitious? Maybe. Lacking any real purpose, other than material for a column? Yes. Guaranteed to breed awkwardness for months to come? Absolutely. Enough to deter me? Absolutely...