Word: developable
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...Anthony’s] example or to live up to any pressures—we are working together as this year’s team.”With the fall season just beginning, and the challenges of the spring still far away, the captains still are working to develop the chemistry of the team. The crew wants to build its strength and unity to prepare to take on the daunting task of the spring.“Its not an explicit thing right now to talk about the spring with the new varsity members,” Chung says...
...success of microfinance, however, requires fighting against entrenched orthodoxy. Startup support for a microfinance institution often comes from partnerships with larger banks. These corporations are accustomed to multi-billion dollar deals and must develop confidence in the accumulation of small successes that lie at the heart of microfinance. Additional support requires donors like the Gates Foundation to be convinced that a money-making solution will be effective in alleviating poverty. And the clients must be persuaded to trust a financial services system that has long excluded them...
...Malan, inspecting a bottling line that is attaching labels to a sparkling rosé, the winery's latest hit. Today, the operation is geared up to deal quickly with changing taste, he says. "If the customer likes something, we'll give it to them. We can turn around and develop packaging and the bottle and the product in a year." It has been a wildly successful time; South African wine exports have grown almost eightfold since the early 1990s, a stronger performance even than Australia's (albeit from a lower base). Innovative marketing has helped: Charles Back, for example...
...appears as though WGS recognizes this to an extent, as students are encouraged to develop a focus on either gender or sexuality within the concentration rather than consistently being obliged to study them together. However, this does not go far enough, as gender and sexuality are still contained within the same program...
...cannot expect success in dialogue or negotiation when those people have something we desperately need. The only way to attain objectivity in foreign policy is to eliminate the oil factor. Americans need to make huge lifestyle changes (sell-or junk-the Hummer, and tighten your belt) while we develop oil alternatives. Otherwise, we will have only ourselves to blame for the huge number of young lives that will be sacrificed in the name of a killer oil habit we couldn't break. Gerald Witter Norman, Oklahoma...