Word: developable
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...illustrious worthies. The problem is that in a more meritocratic age, Eton became synonymous with "English aristocrat." Its well-worn image is as a finishing school for not-necessarily-deserving boys whose parents can afford $44,000 in fees each year (Harvard costs nearly the same) to ensure they develop the easy confidence, posh accent and useful contacts that will guarantee access to the top of British society. At least among many metropolitan commentators, that fed an anti?private school, anti-Eton mood for years. A lot of smart money during the Tory leadership contest in 2005 discounted 39-year...
...doesn't pay any mind. But when would-be Eton knock-off schools in China tried to pass themselves[an error occurred while processing this directive] off as affiliates, the original summoned its lawyers to send threatening letters to protect its name. That's not because Eton plans to develop its blue-chip brand abroad. But some of its rivals are doing just that. In the past decade, Harrow and Dulwich, two public (that is, fee-paying) schools in the London area with big reputations, have opened five franchises overseas between them - primary and secondary schools in China and Thailand...
...sometimes have difficulty understanding why so little attention is paid to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. I must take issue, however, with the authors' contention that the country cannot save itself. It is true that Congo needs a great deal of international support to hold elections, develop infrastructure and put an end to the insecurity in the east. But real progress will occur only when all of Congo's leaders and citizens decide to make things better for themselves. LAURA SEAY Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo...
...then act out of them, in highly physical, door-slamming ways, causing a certain amount of physical - but not deadly - pain in the process. You'll amazed, I think, at just how much silliness clever filmmakers can cram into such a short time, just how how logically you can develop a variety of illogical premises before something akin to common sense asserts itself...
...technologies will soon make it possible to burn coal-of which Australia has a 300-year supply-with a minimal release of carbon dioxide. Victoria, Queensland and the federal government have pledged almost $A1 billion to develop these technologies, which could make coal-fired plants as greenhouse-friendly as nuclear ones...