Word: extention
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...extent to which forces have aligned against AQI was evident from General David Petraeus's comments at a year-end briefing for reporters in Baghdad's Green Zone. AQI has been the primary target of the American reinforcements brought to Iraq by the surge, and of the coordinated counter-insurgency strategy directed by Petraeus, who is the commander of the coalition forces in Iraq...
...addressing. So I entered the race. And I knew from day one that my chances were slim to none but the purpose was to advance a set of ideas and you know, really, I have to tell you I have achieved those goals and done so frankly to an extent that's beyond my greatest expectations...
...Europe, the fund is now looking closer to home. It recently bought into Central Huijin Investment Co., a government agency with stakes in several of China's biggest state-run banks and brokerages, and will reportedly plunk an additional $66 billion into the Agricultural Bank of China. To the extent that CIC looks for investments abroad, its chairman, Lou Jiwei, said in a late-November speech, it will stick to index funds--equities linked to the performance of entire markets, not individual companies...
...Tancredo said he surpassed his own goals of raising awareness on the issue, "frankly to an extent that was beyond my greatest expectations? Every Republican candidate - even John McCain is now saying he was on the wrong side of the issue - has got the basics. You've got Rudy Giuliani running ads talking about securing the border. On the basics...
...Attleboro school principal to the Boston Globe in defense of her decision to ban tag and touch football. That much is obvious—the point, of course, is that accidents should be treated as such, and not as excuses to exploit well-intentioned schools to the full extent of the law. Yet, the problem cannot be blamed on unreasonable parents alone. The Adrian and Warren cases should have taught school administrators to be more alert in general, and take additional precautions with special-needs children in particular. Instead, many have chosen an easier path—eliminate all potential...