Word: kent
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...Sadakazu Tanigaki and Foreign Minister Taro Aso, his only opponents, are way behind?means he has been able to run a cautious, purposefully vague campaign, releasing a policy platform that runs to just four pages. "Right now he has the ability to be all things to all people," says Kent Calder, director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins University. "But that will narrow over time." What's certain is that Abe's agenda will be as long as his track record is short: repairing relations with Japan's Asian neighbors, continuing Koizumi...
...cities. A good set of feet can take you anywhere, doesn't require a parking place, can go up and down stairs, usually comes as standard equipment on a human body, isn't likely to be stolen and is allowed on a variety of surfaces in all 50 states. Kent Judkins Shreveport, Louisiana...
...good set of feet can take you anywhere, doesn't require a parking place, can go up and down stairs, usually comes as standard equipment on a human body, isn't likely to be stolen and is allowed on a variety of surfaces in all 50 states. KENT JUDKINS Shreveport...
Heat waves bring out the same kind of self-delusion. Scott Sheridan, professor of geography at Kent State University, has studied heat-wave behavior--focusing particularly on seniors, who are at special risk in hot weather--in Philadelphia; Phoenix, Ariz.; Toronto; and Dayton, Ohio. He found that less than half of people 65 and older abide by heat-emergency recommendations like drinking lots of water. Reason: they don't consider themselves seniors. "Heat doesn't bother me much, but I worry about my neighbors," said an older respondent...
...prewash. No one then knows if your euros are the result of drug trafficking in the Netherlands, car thefts in Germany or people smuggling in Italy. And consolidation is easy. Unlike sterling with its ?50 note, the €500 note ($630) is a godsend to criminals. If the Kent gang had stolen $97 million worth of €500 notes, their haul would have reduced by over 85% - a small enough stash to stuff under the seats of an suv and drive undetected across borders. The euro is even more attractive to crooks when you consider that...