Word: formality
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...while research-writing “Let’s Go: Peru” last summer—I am not so quick to dismiss Guillen’s strong words.On behalf of the Harvard community, in fact, I will take them a step further. I hereby extend a formal offer to the Sox skipper.Mr. Guillen, you are invited to Cambridge, Mass.Upon arrival, you will be subsequently “[dropped] in the middle of Harvard”—which I suppose means The Pit, or the circle of tourists in front of the John Harvard statue?...
...never did re-establish contact and on Jan. 26 - less than two weeks later - Mittal called Dollé on his mobile phone at Frankfurt airport while he was checking in for a flight to Toronto. The message: Rotterdam-based Mittal Steel would be announcing the following day a formal $22.6 billion takeover bid for Arcelor, one of the largest hostile bids in European history...
...counteract attempts in parts of Europe to paint him as a villain. He spent most of the week shuttling in his private jet from European capital to European capital, including three trips to Paris, to explain his motives and promise he wouldn't cut European jobs. Governments have limited formal means to stop the Arcelor deal, as 85% of the company is traded freely on the stock market. Nonetheless, they and labor unions can make life hard for Mittal, who still needs to get E.U. antitrust clearance for the deal. The French government has used its political muscle to block...
...Social Security, so are lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Last spring Alexander, along with Democratic Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, wrote to the prestigious National Academies, an umbrella group that includes the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, and asked for a formal assessment of the U.S.'s eroding superiority in science and technology...
What happens next? A formal IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program, due March 6, is expected to conclude that the agency can no longer vouch for Iran's activities. That would pressure the Security Council to take meaningful steps when it addresses the matter next month. Tehran now has a few weeks to disclose all aspects of its nuclear program, but it has already denied IAEA requests to review documents and interview sources, and said after Saturday's vote that it would further curtail the nuclear watchdog's inspection powers...