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From these brief excepts it can be gleaned that Jamie, like many others, has learned that linguistics is an area of earnest academic investigation. Also, we can tell that she is into big (read: portly) men such as Ruben Studdard from American Idol. “Part of it is for my friends back in Florida, so they can see what I’m doing up here,” says Silver. “It’s also a good record for me to go back and look at when I’m happy...
...regime, the Middle East is moving towards a historic crossroads. Across the world, fallout from the war in Iraq has increased pressure on America and Britain to push Israel and the Palestinians to renew the peace process. But in order for the negotiations to begin again in earnest, neither side must set impossible preconditions—as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appeared to do in an interview published this past Sunday, when he said that Palestinians must immediately abandon the right of return while Israel need not stop expanding its settlements until final status talks begin...
...power-drunk sister, lacks emotional range; whether in moral turmoil or rage, she looks as if she is ticked off that someone messed up her mochaccino order. The true stars are the sumptuous-for-TV special effects and the Matrix-esque combat scenes. It's hard to get too earnest about any drama that includes the battle cry "Send men to summon worms!" but the message--"When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows"--does resonate. If only the whirlwind were usually so picturesque...
...would also allow professors to present more concrete job offers to potential TFs, leading to less scrambling for jobs among graduate students and allowing them more time to prepare their course materials and teaching plans, says Gross. He also says course instructors would be able to start teaching in earnest right away without the transitory and uncertain nature that shopping period can entail...
...trades not only standard commodities like coal and natural gas but also a new currency known as greenhouse-gas credits. These credits represent, in effect, the right to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide, methane or other gases thought to contribute to global warming. Such credits trade in earnest in nations like Britain and Denmark, which have capped emissions from such sources as factories and power plants. And the credits are trading on an experimental basis in the U.S., as industries anticipate the eventual imposition of similar emission limits here...