Word: highers
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...whether it's lighting the Hanukkah menorah or making sure that atheists receive guidance and support at the College, Gomes is a figure who conjures up images of a higher realm...
...perhaps even be trusted to choose her own music. Five years ago I gave her a folk-girl identity in the form of a mix tape; now my highest ambition is to share with her some songs I've really loved. In the end, this is a higher ambition. If she loves those songs as I do, then they are a more lasting form of indoctrination--a real gift of self, if you want to give it a less totalitarian spin...
...called for higher salaries for Americans enlisted in the armed forces. Twelve thousand of them, he said, are on food stamps. McCain also called for increased benefits for veterans...
...days, the financial advice Giacchetto doled out was as stodgy as his social life was edgy. He spent hours poring over technical charts, and then steered his clients to blue chips like Merck and AT&T. But somewhere along the way, he was seduced by the adrenaline rush of higher risk. His Cassandra Group investment management company bet heavily on Iridium, the global telephone satellite firm that filed for bankruptcy last summer. He also invested in Paradise Music & Entertainment, which was paying him to serve as a consultant. (Giacchetto says he informed most of his clients of the arrangement...
...issue of the World Trade Organization isn't so much one of globalization as of democracy vs. corpor-ocracy. Globalization has the potential to gradually lift all countries to higher standards for the environment, labor laws and justice. Instead, the WTO, multinational companies and governments are using globalization and open trade to circumvent democratically enacted laws that emphasize the need for a better quality of life and more balanced values. KERRY MCDANIEL Berkeley, Calif...