Word: developable
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...bunker. Armed with various forecasting publications, reams of statistics and an unhealthy knowledge of the positional depth charts of all 16 National League franchises, we set about carefully assigning dollar values to every player in the N.L. based upon our projections of their 2006 performance. The goal was to develop an approximate plan of action—something along the lines of “spend twice as much money on hitting than pitching,” or “try to buy at least two closers”—for that fateful Sunday afternoon...
...care what you’re doing but listen to me because I’m working at a top I-banking firm in the city.” This, in turn, is code for, “I will work until I’m miserable and then develop a drug habit to fuel my unfulfilling social life.” It’s a bit like the WWII-era Enigma code machine, if you replace the Nazis with a bunch of d-bags. In other words, it’s finally Senior Spring, and chaches are flying...
...enginemaker struck a deal with the British government to jointly finance a German-style apprenticeship program. Likewise, in 1995 a small consortium of manufacturing companies in North Carolina - that now includes firms headquartered in Germany, Switzerland and Austria - approached high schools and community colleges in the Charlotte area to develop Apprenticeship 2000, a four-year program for students interested in technical careers. The participants, who are recruited as 11th-graders and must maintain a 2.5 grade-point average, get paid to attend community college and, upon completing the apprenticeship, are guaranteed a job offer but are not obligated to accept...
...College also is also launching its own leadership development initiatives, beginning with the new women’s center director’s role to "develop a leadership curriculum for women student leaders in particular, and all student leaders in general," according to the position description...
...what may be the final borderlines. The idea is that we will be separated from the overwhelming majority of Palestinians. The whole idea is to separate Israelis from the Palestinians and to allow territorial contiguity for the Palestinians from which they can take the necessary steps to build and develop and independent Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel. I guess if at some point afterward there will be negotiations to finalize everything and in order to reach a comprehensive peace then maybe some adjustments. But the lines I want to draw are very close to the lines that...