Word: impetuses
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...impetus for writing a new law was that the Unz law was coming here,” she said...
...former judge, who then listed 18 clauses he thought violated the constitution. Legally barred from vetoing it twice, Sezer reluctantly signed the law last week, while referring it for court review. Although the legislation was designed to strengthen the powers of the broadcasting authority, most commentators believe the real impetus was to strengthen the media conglomerates, particularly the Dogan organization. Enormous power, they say, will be vested in the hands of the company that owns eight newspapers and two TV stations, and is also involved in banking, tourism and fuel distribution. Among Dogan's best-known media holdings...
...have been subsequently released?and refused to extradite any of those on India's list. That's why the troops are still eyeballing each other on a searingly hot border. India has signaled for months it might launch its own strike on Pakistan, probably in Kashmir. The most likely impetus: another outrageous, high profile terrorist strike...
Fueling these movements toward reduction, Orleans says, is the natural impetus of admissions committees of Ivy League schools to seek to limit the number of recruits because of the relatively small student bodies...
...boilerplate was fittingly dualistic. "The information that has become available since the last [policy] meeting ... confirms that economic activity has been receiving considerable upward impetus from a marked swing in inventory investment," the Fed said in its statement. "Nonetheless, the degree of the strengthening in final demand over coming quarters, an essential element in sustained economic expansion, is still uncertain...