Word: extents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that the world is discovering the extent of the incipient tragedy, Washington, the U.N. and nongovernmental relief organizations are all pointing fingers at one another, insisting that someone else should have seen this coming and taken action. White House officials say they are furious at the U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S.A.I.D.) for not sounding the alarm sooner. But hunger is a constant threat in Sudan, and the main aid supplier, Operation Lifeline Sudan, a consortium of U.N. agencies and nongovernmental organizations, has been in business since 1989, when 250,000 died. Sudan suffered a killer famine as recently...
Settling the strike--an arbitration hearing is scheduled for Wednesday over GM's claim that the walkouts in Flint are illegal--is to some extent the least of the company's problems. GM faces enormous challenges with its products, its market strategy, its international business and even its leadership. Many of GM's critics believe that the world's largest automaker needs another total makeover. That means dumping factories, jobs--even executives--not to mention junking some of the nameplates no longer needed in GM's shrinking empire...
...those who practice it. It defines who they are. It makes them feel that they are better than others. It ensures them positions in employment and college admissions they otherwise might not have. It still puts a lid on the dreams of black people, though to a lesser extent than in the past because of the civil rights movement." That, to be sure, is a message a lot of people, black and white, don't want to listen to anymore. But with an advocate as eloquent as Bond making the case, it's a message they ought to hear...
...judged on whether she is a "good feminist." Women should be judged for the individual voices we are, not for whether we conform to an outdated vision of what a good feminist is. It is a sign that feminism has not died, but rather has succeeded to an amazing extent, that young female critics don't have to be as single-minded or rigid as Gloria Steinem or Germaine Greer. Today we can express as divergent views and attitudes, with as varied points of view, and opinions and obsessions and styles, as our male counterparts. KATIE ROIPHE New York City
...Miami if their competitors demand it. And with Virgin's Richard Branson charging that the EU wasn't harsh enough, the pressure on British-American isn't likely to let up. "There's no certainty that this deal will finally be consummated," says TIME reporter Bernard Baumohl. "The extent of the sacrifice demanded by the EU regulators makes the venture a lot less lucrative for the two airlines than it once seemed...