Word: exactions
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...would target their own country.” Beyond Palin’s remark being a profound distortion of the senator’s relationship with former Weather Underground Organization member William Ayers, it’s also a direct contradiction of her days-old concession to the exact same point: America is exceptional, but it’s not perfect.Whether Palin has changed her mind about the perfection or imperfection of the country she (sort of) lives in, or whether her debate-night modesty was merely a concession to centrists to be abandoned before a friendly throng, cases like...
...scientific humor magazine “Annals of Improbable Research”—bestowed awards in 10 different categories of original research, from nutrition to archaeology. In past years, researchers have been awarded Ig Nobels for the iconic pink yard flamingo and for calculating the exact odds Mikhail Gorbachev is the anti-Christ. This year, the event continued its tradition of zany humor. The ceremony opened with an introduction by past winner Dan Meyer, who promptly swallowed a sword onstage. Meyer won his Ig Nobel for studying sword swallowing and its effects. Later, a parade...
...tricks for making stocks, the proper way to deglaze a pan—and saving endangered produce and small businesses from extinction. Since none of this year’s proposals has been revealed to the public yet, it is difficult to know the French’s exact intentions amidst all this arrogant rhetoric...
...than any of its rivals, Roche sees diagnostic machines and test kits as crucial to assessing and treating disease in the future. That belief, in turn, has led to a laser-sharp focus on "personalized medicine." So, for example, an oncologist will use a genetic test to pinpoint the exact kind of cancer her patient has and then proceed with a highly specific treatment course of Roche drugs. "For a long time, we acted as if all cancers are homogeneous," says David Heimbrook, Roche's V.P. for oncology discovery. "Now, because we can quickly analyze a tumor in greater detail...
...boost in the polls that halved the Tories' lead from 20 points to 10. Cameron and his colleagues planned to use their conference to win back the initiative and the limelight. That chance was torpedoed when the House of Representatives rejected the bailout package on Sept. 29 - the exact midpoint of Tory's five-day conference...