Word: extention
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Turkey does pull back, it would represent a victory for Iraq's stability. However, it would also underline the extent to which the United States - not the Iraqi government - remains the arbiter of Iraq's affairs...
...visit can momentarily extend a shaky bridge across the gulfs that normally keep people apart. The sincerity of this quirky little film is what carries it along. The acting, like much of the movie, is understated. It has no real plot to speak of, and to the extent that it moves at all, it moves slowly. The film is much like the sleepy Israeli town where the police band finds itself: few real events occur to punctuate the otherwise unchanging backdrop. The solitude of the town, the quiet of the film, is interrupted only by scattered dialogue and moments...
...dollars and can take about seven years of work before any new oil is sold. That decision turned out to be a bad miscalculation, say analysts. It ignored the biggest factor that has sent the world's oil demand soaring - the economic boom in China and, to a lesser extent, India. "No one saw this coming down the line 10 years ago," says Harry Tchilinguirian, senior oil market analyst for BNP Paribas in London. "You have to look at where demand growth is. Everyone looks West of the Suez Canal. But in fact all the action is happening east...
...just a “flat-foot,” Martens accepts his share of responsibility for the murders he helped commit as part of the secret police. He does not attempt to pass the blame off onto the inevitability of the system.It is unclear to what extent the characters in the novella are conscious of the role they play in the proceedings. A vague sense of emergency lies at the very foundations of the totalitarian state: “We didn’t speak about it: there was nothing to say, but we just knew...
...appears to be considerable sentiment for removing such special protections. "We do not ask for immunities from host nation laws for contractors anywhere," says a senior Administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity. "It's a special thing in Iraq and there's a real question about the extent to which we want to ask for them here...