Word: fixes
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...despite the potentially explosive nature of the issue, Ellison did not go public with his grievances until last week, in an interview with the Boston Globe. Gordon said Ellison initially “wanted to give the president a chance to fix things...
...might be a firm of music lawyers. Pete Waterman, producer of Steps - the chart-topping pop puppets perceived as shoo-ins for the award - demanded an investigation. And so the bookish, reclusive Glasgow group with a notorious aversion to the press hit the front pages. scots band in brits fix scandal, raged the tabloid Sun. Of course, there was no fix. The band's intensely loyal - and Net-savvy - network of fans had mobilized their votes. Those fans have remained, but their ranks have never swelled as fast as their Brits success - and beguiling, intelligent pop output over six albums...
...Professor of Music Kay K. Shelemay, who is also affiliated with the Folklore and Mythology program, said yesterday: “I think University Hall has gotten the message. I have no reason to think that they won’t make good on their promises that they will fix things...
...race differences can be problematic because it’s embarrassing to the people on the bottom end of the comparison,” Ferguson said. “If it’s done in a way that has a connotation that it might be a permanent or fixed position, then it’s particularly stigmatizing.” But Marla Perez-Selles, the principal of Amigos Elementary School, a school with a high number of poor students located near Mather House, said that the benchmarking system will allow her school to set achievement goals...
...Chertoff is already talking about plans to improve DHS, no doubt reflecting not only a sincere desire to fix a key federal agency, but also a need to rehabilitate what had been a sterling reputation from his years prosecuting terrorists and mob men. He said his first immediate goal is to stop "stove-piping"-the term he used for agencies within DHS, like FEMA, not sharing information with each other during crises. Before September 11, the intelligence community had similar problems and Chertoff suggested his task in fixing DHS would be just as difficult. But Chertoff better fix his agency...