Word: extents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rongji is a good man, honest, with good ideas," says a mid-level government official in Suzhou, a city 50 miles west of Shanghai. "But even he is too weak to take on all the problems in China." The official then details the extent of corruption, inefficient industry, nepotism and financial chaos that plague his city, a microcosm of the mess China is in. Top cadres routinely "steal" houses for their children, he says, while others divert business loans to their own accounts and then walk away from the repayments. "It goes right to the top. The local party secretary...
...quarter of Texas was inundated last weekend, and students from Texas are slowly learning the extent of the damage at home and how friends and family are being affected...
...situation in Israel were not so tragic it would be comic, to the extent that the same characters constantly prove themselves incapable of making any progress. Hopefully, as talks conclude this week, tragedy will no longer be the order...
...least not about the impeachment process. Clinton will continue his Briefing Room presidency, ruling by Executive order. He'll focus on four big issues only: Social Security, war and peace, and to a lesser extent education and the patient bill of rights. He'll do very little campaigning during the next three weeks, certainly nothing like 1994. He may appear in a few Senate races, he'll still raise money, but barnstorming with Congressmen is out. "He's not a candidate," says an adviser. "The last thing we're going to do now is make him one." But that doesn...
...Thinking about an event's meaning yields on average a better memory," Wagner says. "It may be the subtle differences--the extent to which we think upon its meaning, relate it to our past and so on-that determine an event's memorability...