Word: foray
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...Bush's aides have begun to chafe at the idea that Baker is needed as some sort of savior for Iraq. Hadley made it clear that the President hopes his Jordan foray will erase any such notion. "It's important, I think," Hadley said, "for the President to send the message to Prime Minister Maliki that while he is listening to all of these voices for ideas, is open to ideas, that in the end of the day to reassure Prime Minister Maliki that it is the President who will be crafting the way forward on Iraq and to reassure...
Sold is not McCormick's first foray into controversial material. Her much lauded debut novel, Cut, which sold nearly 400,000 copies, is the first-person story of Callie, a girl who has been institutionalized for cutting herself. Not everyone likes McCormick's gritty approach. Some librarians have declined to buy Cut, fearing copycat behavior...
Another element of VW's strategy involves heading downmarket, reversing a silly foray into the luxury segment with its $68,000-plus Phaeton sedan, which flopped. The company has slashed sticker prices on the Jetta (lowered $1,400, to $16,500) and Rabbit ($1,000, to $15,000), hoping to recover profits with higher volume. And future models won't contain as many standard features, according to Hallmark. The idea is to produce cars that can compete more effectively in the midmarket. Designing cars for the local competitive landscape is precisely what the Japanese have done for decades, of course...
Ganeshananthan, whose second book is still in progress, also said that her journalistic background helped her in her first foray into fiction...
Ganeshananthan, whose second book is still in progress, also said that her journalistic background helped her in her first foray into fiction...