Word: drives
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...Find a Car: Throw your mattress in the backseat, drive to Yale and voila—a bed in New Haven...
...anticorruption campaigners and some politicians have questioned the reason for the scheme and the way it has been implemented. The initial plan was that no minister - the President, Prime Minister and Vice President are exempt - be allowed to drive a car with an engine bigger than 1,800 cc. But some officials' old Mercedes have engines smaller than 1,800 cc. Should they be exempt from the change? No, said Kenyatta. Nevertheless, a few ministers have refused to turn in their luxury wheels. "We are not schoolchildren to be given uniforms in the form of Passats," Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang...
...British audiences had better get used to being challenged on their assumptions about how TV actors and presenters should look. Stamell already appears on the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders as a teacher -her disability is incidental to the plotline. In addition, BBC is launching a drive to find new disabled talent for its programming, and another broadcaster has hired a facially disfigured man to present its news bulletins this week. (Read "Bad News...
...generally perceived to mean a country is more economically successful, Fitoussi, who joined the discussion through a video conference call, said that socially harmful activities can also lead to an artificial increase in a country’s GDP. For example, he said an increase in road traffic would drive up oil consumption and lead to larger GDP numbers that “obviously misrepresents the social wellbeing...
...hurts the drive every time you get a penalty or a turnover—especially against a good defense,” Winters said. “It’s hard to make it back...