Word: jettison
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...permits, and backing instead an all-or-nothing policy, they wanted to turn it down.June 18th, the day of the referendum, saw an overwhelming “Sí” to the proposal. Just like the last vote on the statute, this one will most likely jettison Catalonia into a future even more divorced from the rest of Spain, culturally and otherwise. The newfound Catalonian autonomy eliminates classes taught in Castellan. All classes in public institutions, from elementary school through college, will be conducted in Catalán. Castellan, the national language will be treated as a foreign...
...practical costs of the last plank of the Bush Doctrine--unilateralism--may have finally persuaded the Administration to jettison that too. This move is being led by Rice, who is emerging as Bush's most visible and intimate adviser. "The President is more willing to listen to arguments in favor of utilizing diplomacy as a tool to fight radical Islam when it comes from her, because he trusts her totally," says a presidential adviser. Rice appears to have won some internal arguments--such as getting Bush to offer conditional direct talks to Iran and calling for the closure of Gitmo...
...Naturally, at these prices you'll have to jettison some preconceptions. At Aurora, there are no teakwood salas staffed by smiling, sarong-clad maidens bearing ginger tea. Instead, the babushkas who greet you will show the way to clean but basic accommodation that still has the faint whiff of an institution hanging over it, despite a recent facelift. The solution is to lie back and think of the bragging potential?your friends may have done chakra balancing in Bhutan, or chromotherapy in Bali, but Kyrgyzstan...
...said to be good for skin disorders and arthritis), or breathing the air in one of the salt rooms (therapeutic, apparently, for people with asthma and other respiratory complaints), guests relax in the sanatorium's gardens or at the nearby beach. Naturally, at these prices you'll have to jettison some preconceptions. At Aurora, there are no teakwood salas staffed by smiling, sarong-clad maidens bearing ginger tea. Instead, the babushkas who greet you will show the way to clean but basic accommodation that still has the faint whiff of an institution hanging over it, despite a recent face-lift...
...decision to jettison the country-of-origin provision came after academics and industry representatives protested the proposal...