Word: discussive
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...miles) "It is a completely new and very worrying development," Joao Paulo Capobianco, executive-secretary at the Environment Ministry, admitted at a press conference to announce the figures on Thursday. So worrying that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva brought together several ministers to discuss measures designed at halting the destruction...
...expertise, McCain tends to prefer blunt declarations about Iraq - "the surge is working." He says U.S. troops should remain in Iraq for 100 years if necessary. What he doesn't often discuss are the trade-offs required to sustain an unending commitment to a war that drains more than $9 billion from the U.S. Treasury every month. Instead, he is dismissive of those who doubt that he's right. "It's almost a ludicrous argument - 'How long are we going to stay?'" McCain insisted to me between campaign stops in Florida's Panhandle. "It's like asking 'How long...
...waiting for me outside a pub, as he would have called it, he looked like any other scruffy Brooklyn local. He was then a little bleary-eyed from being a new father, but also a little wary of the press from being a heartthrob. We were meeting to discuss what would be his Oscar-nominated performance in Brokeback Mountain. We went to a local cafe. He didn...
...violence in Kenya continues in the wake of last month’s disputed election, Kenyan students and faculty are putting aside their own views on the political situation there in an effort to provide humanitarian support. About 15 students, faculty, and community members met yesterday to discuss plans for immediate emergency relief and outreach efforts, including a concert in Boston. Since December’s presidential election, more than 700 people have been killed, and thousands more have been displaced. John M. Mugane, a professor of African languages who chaired the meeting, said that the plight of refugees affected...
...filled out, according to the Office of the Registrar.“They’re low,” said interim Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam. “They’re never going to be 100 percent.”As professors continue to discuss ways of improving student participation, some faculty members have turned to their own means of getting feedback and have created incentives to encourage students to weigh in. ‘PATHETIC’ PARTICIPATIONStudent participation has been “pathetic,” according to James D. Wilkinson...