Word: extention
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...harsh light on the story and it's an old disease-of-the-week TV movie - if "chrono-impairment" is an illness covered by the Obama health-care plan. Henry eventually learns to control his ailment, to the extent that he can lurch back through time and meet Clare when she was a child. This is a powerful device: lovers often wish they could have met, or at least have had glimpses of, their soul mates in their youth. His time-traveling into the future also allows Clare to have an adulterous affair with her own husband. (It's very...
...Evidently, different types of summits and early fifteenth century triptychs speak louder than sheer words. The symbolism that surrounds these actions is a testament to the extent that diplomacy relies on signs and signals. As those rebuilding the Abruzzo region have realized, the art of actions remains more powerful than just what meets...
...Dallas, it’s almost as though a hero has finally come home after years in the midst of a bitter struggle with “the Arabs” overseas and the evil intellectuals on the domestic front. And the extent to which Bush has been welcomed with open arms down here sheds light on one of the oddest things about Dallas—the way in which it decides who belongs and who does...
...answer that question, JFS, one of the most oversubscribed and academically successful state schools in the capital, was forced to consider giving prospective students religious tests to determine the extent of their observance and Jewish identity. Now that JFS has been granted an appeal, it's up to Britain's newly formed Supreme Court to tackle the issue. "We are pleased with the House of Lords' decision to grant JFS leave to appeal and we will be seeking permission to intervene," Simon Hochhauser, president of the United Synagogue, said in a statement. "The responsibility for educating our children...
...case for limiting pay at corporations not on government life support rests on two main arguments, Bebchuk says. Top executives are supposed to answer to shareholders, but to a large extent they have been able to determine their own pay packages. Say-on-pay votes and other measures that empower shareholders and outside directors are meant to shift that balance of power. At banks, meanwhile, pay is simply one more risk factor that regulators should keep an eye on. "Once you accept that government is already regulating the business decisions of banks, I don't know why this particular business...