Word: donning
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A Chilly Night in Isfahan, Iran, 1971 As my parents unload the bags from the taxi, they tell me to sit in the hotel lobby and watch over my 2-year-old brother. I don't, not closely enough, and he waddles into the street, where he is knocked down...
Some of his proposals seem far to the left of his peers - like setting up a sort of sovereign wealth fund that would use the income from natural resources to fund basic services - but others are refreshingly pragmatic, like a suggestion to measure poverty not by income but by access...
Mr. Bartley: I don't know, but I hope it's still family-owned.
But the democratic system that allowed the Parliament to have a say on the issue is only two months old. Under the E.U.'s Lisbon Treaty, which came into force in December, Parliament members now decide jointly with European governments on legal affairs. And by blocking the SWIFT agreement, they...
Whatever the criticism, Calderón himself insists that he will not steer away from his military strategy. Since taking power, he has identified with the fight against cartels as his personal battle more than any other Mexican President, breaking with tradition to don a green army uniform in one...