Word: expression
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Banks have fired tens of thousands of employees in the past year in order to cut costs. And layoffs in the financial-services business are expected to continue - American Express just announced it will lay off 4,000 workers in its latest round of cutbacks. But in one area banks are set to make a spate of hires. The pay is likely to be good, and the hours will be part-time. But unfortunately, most of us won't qualify. Under pressure from government regulators and institutional investors, banks are being forced to remake their corporate boards. The companies...
...called daring, because of the sexual intensity in her trysts with Dafoe and a long, nude masturbation scene in the forest. But she's an acute judge of the woman's character in the subtler moments as well. Her face, which resembles the woodcut of an ancient warrior, can express all the stark shades of desperation the script requires...
...addition, any student possessing an opinion more nuanced than a simple “yes” or “no” would have difficulty express his or her opinion on such a complex issue, given the phrasing of the question. The HRC has acknowledged the existence of a self-selection bias, but still claims that its poll demonstrates that “student opinion” is “at odds with Faculty opinion” on the ROTC question. This is certainly not the case when the poll in question is sent out online, offers...
...were heartening. But Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds’s indication at the same forum that official student input in the process would primarily flow through already established committees ought to give some pause. These committees and their selection procedures may not be well-designed to express student interest in this moment of debate over core values—at a time when many more than the “usual suspects” have an interest in how student voices are expressed to the administration...
...court, however, defended the verdict by saying that German law leaves spouses enough freedom to choose how to combine their names and thereby express their identities. It also added that Thalheim and her husband are free to continue using their original names for business purposes...