Word: drift
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...exercise, after all, isn't just to streamline the treaties and clarify the roles of various E.U. institutions. It is also meant to breathe a spirit of shared purpose into the project of European integration. Voters will only feel further alienated from the E.U. if the intergovernmental talks drift too far off into the arcane and remote. As the Swedes showed last week, many Europeans aren't disposed to take the recommendations of their governments as gospel. They've got to be sure that a European constitution gives them room for their own aspirations. "Up until now all these referenda...
...reasons many of us supported George W. Bush for President in 2000 was his quiet but clear endorsement of the responsibility society. After the drift of the Clinton years, the new President seemed to be saying that he would not trivialize his responsibilities for personal pleasure or political expediency. And in many instances--especially the war on terrorism--he has more than lived up to this pledge...
...insists that Lakhani is a "significant international arms dealer," but the degree of his apparent gullibility (wouldn't an arms kingpin have known something about suppliers and fake weapons, or at least become suspicious about last-minute negotiators?) immediately led to speculation that the bureau had used a drift net to catch a minnow. Indeed, there is no evidence tying Lakhani to any terrorist group (though he did refer to Americans as "bastards" on an FBI tape), nor is there anything to explain why a man who until three years ago owned a clothing business would have been interested...
...dividing the church. Still, the idea has its supporters. "It's a risk worth taking," says Scott Appleby, professor of church history at the University of Notre Dame. "There's a desperate need for a healthy dialogue that is consultative and representative. Without it, the church will continue to drift." --By Marguerite Michaels
...weeks begin to drift by, the vision comes into focus, and while my wallet has the extra punch of a Corporate American Express card, I won’t be running to Foxwoods to place a million pound bet in baccarat—instead, I’ll be buying books to train myself in computer software. My license to kill has not yet been issued, but my license to search through public SEC filings for corporate tax return data seemed to arrive on my first day. Instead of a military-issued pistol and silencer, I’m armed...