Word: joint
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...been a fast treadmill, the results have continued to come. In Suva, Fijian police, the A.F.P. and other agencies seized chemicals that could have been used to produce a metric ton of crystal methamphetamine; Operation Auxin identified more than 700 Australians suspected of using child pornography online; a joint center for police cooperation was established in Jakarta, and a terrorist plot to disrupt its opening was thwarted. But the modest and diplomatic Keelty deflects praise from himself to those he says most deserve it: frontline officers, their families, and colleagues in other agencies. "Nothing the A.F.P. achieves is done...
...little profane. The introduction to poulet r?ti gently proclaims, "If you can't properly roast a damn chicken then you're one helpless, hopeless, sorry-ass bivalve in an apron." Pearl onions are "little f____ers." And butter should be formed into a log "like you would roll a joint" for the faux-filet au beurre rouge. Betty Crocker...
...Burmese refugees who alleged that the company was responsible for human-rights abuses by Burmese soldiers working on the $1.2 billion Yadana gas pipeline?a project developed by Unocal, the Burmese government and French oil company Total SA. The terms of the settlement are confidential, but in a joint statement released by the parties to the lawsuit, Unocal stated that "in principle, [it] will compensate plaintiffs and provide funds ... to improve living conditions, health care and education" and "provide substantial assistance to people who may have suffered hardships in the region...
...whole-hearted embrace warrants further investigation. I speak from the perspective of a junior joint concentrator in Social Studies and Visual & Environmental Studies. I have now followed both the video and the studio art tracks for several semesters, focusing on the role of arts within movements of social change. Looking back over my experiences in the department, I am filled with admiration and, I must admit, a few lingering questions. Is there an implicit direction in the transformative freedoms that are afforded to VES students as they explore their artistic media? Similarly, does the blessing of unfettered self-exploration stand...
Harvard is one of a handful of institutions in a joint venture with Google that could be the biggest development to hit the library since the card catalog went digital. Google’s pilot program—also underway at the University of Michigan, Oxford University, Stanford University and the New York Public Library—will begin the daunting task of digitally scanning Harvard University Library’s (HUL) massive library holdings, beginning with some 40,000 volumes. This random selection of content from the Harvard Depository will soon be searchable online at Google Print?...