Word: establishes
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...will establish a new bureaucracy with broad regulatory powers--hardly a recipe for eliminating waste or reinventing government. The plan probably puts too much faith in the ability of government to determine adequate health benefits, ensure quality, promote competition and keep costs...
...does in his bleak, spare novels, screenwriter Ian McEwan uses very simple means to establish an air of menace. The death of a neighborhood dog, a spectacular multivehicle auto accident, the near death of Henry's little sister in an ice-skating incident -- Henry's role in all these can be explained away by people with a vested interest in maintaining their tranquillity. Ultimately, cousin Mark awakens Henry's mother (a very believable Wendy Crewson) to long-suppressed suspicions, which leads to a stark and indescribable climax -- literally a cliffhanger, but one so nervy and straightforward that it puts...
...different ways, all three monotheisms generated the idea of a personal God who sees and hears, rewards and punishes. The concept, among other virtues, helped establish the dignity of the individual and led ultimately to liberal humanism. There was, however, a liability: a personal God could easily become no more than a projection of humankind's limited hopes and fears; in short, an idol. Seeking to escape this dilemma, mystical traditions, which emerged in all three religions, taught that God was to be experienced -- albeit by a dedicated elite -- rather than defined. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the mystical...
...different type of method to establish aconstructive Jewish identity is a valid one,"Dauber said. "As a pluralistic institution, Hillelsupports all such attempts...
Pitkin is calling for local representation on Harvard's Board of Overseers, and he says he wants to establish a city council committee on relations with universities...