Word: lengthen
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...pausing. "All the things that have been stripped out of the national conversation." Despite his fury, Gurr is free of rancor. He's hard-headed about federal Labor's chances next year, but remains positive about the cause. "I refuse to be cynical," he says, as the lunchtime queues lengthen outside a Footscray bank's suite of five ATMs. "Cynicism is a kind of laziness. To be cynical about politics is to give up on life. And I refuse...
...Olmert's challenge, now that he has Lieberman at his side, is to prove that his government has a purpose beyond remaining in power. But the breadth of the coalition he has created - if it holds together - may well lengthen the odds against his being able to move forward in any direction...
What Markway is experiencing is a new kind of American career stage: the not-quite-retirement. As life spans lengthen, pensions tighten and workplace rules change, hopping from full-time work to full-time leisure is appearing less realistic and, to some, less desirable. The trend has given rise to a new category of employment, the so-called bridge job. Economists use this term to describe part-time or full-time jobs typically held for less than 10 years following full-time careers. According to a 2005 working paper from the Center on Aging and Work at Boston College...
...hours. Even though changes to the antiquated schedule—a schedule that fails to accommodate the increasingly late-night Harvard student—have seemed as unlikely as cable in dorm rooms or an exciting social scene, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) recently unveiled several feasible alternatives to lengthen dinner serving hours. We applaud HUDS’ efforts and encourage the College to consider implementing a more reasonable dining hall schedule next year. The three proposals range in estimated costs from $900,000 to $1,300,000, and each differs in how and when dinner would be offered...
...course, bad manners to point the finger at anyone but those responsible for the killings in London. They shed the blood; they must answer for it. But as the trail of bodies that began with the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 continues to lengthen, we need to ask why the attacks keep coming. One key reason is that Osama bin Laden's "achievements" in standing up to the American colossus on 9/11 have inspired others to follow his lead. Another is that American actions--above all, the invasion and occupation of Iraq--have galvanized still more...