Word: leeway
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...good news for China and its trading partners is that its banks are relatively well prepared for the current slowdown, and the government has already cut interest rates once in response to slowing growth and has ample leeway for further cuts. The bad news is that it's probably going to need it. (Click here for photos of the global financial crisis...
...There's still a slim possibility Alitalia can be saved. Air France-KLM or German carrier Lufthansa might make a new offer, or the Italian consortium could reconsider if the labor syndicates show more leeway. But the likelier scenario is that Italy's national carrier goes under for good...
...agreed that ''the Bible is the inspired word of God and contains no errors.'' The issue that divided the meeting was not what Southern Baptists believe. In fact, the losing candidate, Pastor W. Winfred Moore of Amarillo, Texas, agrees with Rogers on Bible literalism. But Moore would allow some leeway in interpretations made by those on the S.B.C. payroll, and his followers at the meeting fumed about threats to Baptist adherence to individual interpretation of the Bible. Rogers responded that Baptists can believe what they wish, ''but those who work for us ought to reflect what the great majority...
...back off and give kids some credit and some leeway to demonstrate their competence. Two, let kids play freely without monitoring. Three, eat dinner together at least five nights a week: aside from the sense of cohesiveness, it gives all that security that is the breeding ground for success. No matter where you are on the socioeconomic spectrum, it is more correlated with school adjustment and achievement than any other single thing that parents...
...leatherface masks. Now the three shaken survivors are being questioned in a police station by two outside agents (Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond) who are skeptical of the variations in the stories they hear. Think Rashomon meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in Twin Peaks, and give lots of leeway for the gooniest improv overacting, and you may get on the warped wavelength of this semi-comic parable of social anarchy...