Word: developable
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...spent the last two weeks of August in Israel, and while some people in this country may laugh at Ahmadinejad, Israelis take very seriously his threat to wipe Israel off the map. Perhaps when people are within firing range of Iranian missiles, they develop a different point of view. Ross H. Stemer, Roswell, Georgia...
...wane, and health concerns of such food rising, fast-food chains have been searching for ever more inventive ways to attract new customers and keep revenues rising. Such was the motivation behind McDonald's' decision in 2006 to enlist Philippe Avanzi, one of France's leading interior designers, to develop a strategy to give 6,000-odd outlets across Europe a face-lift. Avanzi and McDonald's, in turn, engaged the services of one of the world's most highly regarded furniture producers, Fritz Hansen of Denmark, to supply chairs designed by legendary Danish Modernist Arne Jacobsen. McDonald...
...that included exercise, music, camaraderie, snacks, a little wine and gorgeous costumes. It was better than the gym, shopping or the bar scene. But we were taught that belly dancing was originally a way for Middle Eastern women to stay fit and ease labor, and only later did it develop into a form of art and enticement. I like that version better - the wise women of antiquity and all that. Darlene Baker, Onoway, Canada...
Deals in the North do have a marked tendency to go south. For example, a Thai telecom's plan to develop a mobile-phone network faltered after Kim's regime banned cell phones in 2004. Kelvin Chia, a Singapore-based lawyer who has worked with North Korean joint ventures since 2004, says many investors were spooked by the country's October 2006 nuclear test and the international fallout. "One of my clients was looking at going ahead with a substantial investment in a mineral-processing project," Chia says. "Before he went in, he had an indication from financiers...
...that just because richer private-school kids can afford to be coached more before the SAT? No - remember that this study carefully controlled for socioeconomic status. Rather, it appears private schools do more to develop students' critical-thinking abilities - not just the rote memorization required to do well on achievement tests...