Word: keenings
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...Persuading non-Americans that it is in their interest to do more in Afghanistan; finding common ground with Russia while conceding nothing to its neo-imperial ambitions - these are challenges that would daunt any politician. A keen runner and cyclist, Rasmussen has been known to invite Facebook friends (he has 34,636 of them) to exercise with him. He has remade his Facebook page in English, and says he wants to use it to give NATO a human face. There's nothing wrong with that. But his new job requires him to do a lot more than be friendly...
...oversaw modest gains in student achievement, Duncan's tenure was most notable for his willingness to try anything, regardless of ideological association--expanding charter schools, paying students for good grades, experimenting with teacher merit pay and shutting down failing schools and reopening them with new staffs. He's still keen on such controversial turnaround strategies. In late August, he announced another competitive grant program that uses $3.5 billion in nondiscretionary funding in an effort to fix the nation's worst schools...
Have you ever not known the answer to a very simple Jeopardy! question? Kasia Keen ANSBACH, GERMANY...
...good part of this liquidity is coming from foreign institutional investors that are keen to diversify into a fast-growing economy that still has relatively few big listed companies. With a healthy GDP growth rate of 6.7% in the last fiscal year, India remains an attractive destination for investment capital that was sidelined by the recession. Bankers are hoping the market will get a boost later this year from the anticipated IPOs of companies such as cable-TV service provider Digital Entertainment Network, which has exposure to increasingly wealthy Indian consumers. "We're waiting for consumption-oriented companies to list...
...local, state and national politics. Their influence can be judged by the fact that for 36 years after the state was carved out in 1956, ten of the state's Chief Ministers have been from the Reddy community. The 12 Reddys among the present cabinet of ministers are keen to keep the top post within the community, showing how Indian politics also still runs mainly on caste and community considerations. (See a timeline of events that shaped modern India...