Word: directionality
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...answer to this paradox lies at the heart of the Swiss tradition of the citizen-at-arms, the fully-committed participant of direct democracy. Compulsory conscription is part of the Swiss identity...
...that sense, if not a direct personification, George Bush is a sort of avatar for the neighborhood—defined by a bottomless fortune but smitten by the idea of middle America, eternally elite but a self-identified rebellion against the establishment, a possessor of the best social pedigree but a proponent of an even larger cowboy veneer...
...This study shows that psychological stress, which we know can affect stress-hormone levels, can have a fairly rapid influence on where extra calories go," he says. "I'm generally quite cautious about animal research, but here I think we're seeing something that has direct relevance to human health as well...
...Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the deputy chief of staff of Russia's armed forces, made it clear that the country is willing to fight again if it feels it has been provoked. "As a military man, I will be direct," he said at a news conference on Tuesday after the Russian army increased the combat readiness of troops in South Ossetia. "If there is aggression, there will be an adequate response...
Still, experts believe that Baitullah's successor will likely be one of three top TTP figures: Hakimullah, Azmatullah and Wali-ur-Rehman. Of the three, Hakimullah Mehsud has the largest number of men at arms under his direct command: up to 8,000 fighters. He is thought to be in charge of recruiting and training suicide bombers. Azmatullah's claim may rest on his being the most closely related to Baitullah: they both come from the same branch of the Mehsud tribe. As a maulana, or Islamic scholar, he may have the best religious credentials of the three. Wali...