Word: freedom
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Starbucks plans to roll out a new espresso machine, the Mastrena, which is half a foot shorter than the current Verismo model and will let customers more easily see baristas making drinks. The new machine also gives baristas more freedom to pull different sorts of shots - such as a ristretto (which takes less water) and a long shot (which takes more) - and to more closely control the process of steaming milk...
...partners first proposed the unusual arrangement, they knew they were risking more than their money. They were putting into play their reputation among other architects. "A lot of them would say, 'That's a sellout. You're in bed with the developers, and you're losing your design freedom,'" he says. (Coren jumps in, adding, "They have said that.") But Pasquarelli insists that because they had sunk their own money in the project and stood to gain only if the apartments sold, they won the confidence of their developer partner Brown. They were able to convince him that if they...
...same time, it should be remembered that the invasion did indeed bring definite advantages to some. These include the Kurds, now safe and relatively secure in their largely autonomous and well-protected enclave in the northeast. They also include some Shiites who gained freedom from persecution and opportunities to advance their interests after the invasion—benefits that may still seem to outweigh the danger and destruction going on all around them. Think of those, for example, who were able to take advantage of the recent American disarmament of Sunni fighters in Baghdad to seize Sunni homes, thus turning...
...Despite these precautions, the death toll for journalists is higher in this war than in any other conflict, according to the non-partisan press foundation, Freedom Forum...
...keep with it. We expected things to be good, because people had started talking that the Americans were coming, and we expected things to be good for us. Well, it's happened, and in the early days, it was good. You had freedom. You could talk, and then suddenly things started coming down. This is the way I would put it. It kept going down. And it didn't go the way America had promised it would happen, if you know what I mean. I don't know...