Word: linchpins
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...future of the North Yard hinges on the coordination between HLS and FAS, two schools that both want to expand in Agassiz, their current home. The University’s top administrators expect to make a decision in the coming months on which of the two will be the linchpin of a campus across the river in Allston...
...particular is feeling the pressure. Before 9/11, the U.S. pursued a selective policy toward terrorism. Allies sponsoring or harboring extremists were tolerated as long as U.S. interests and lives were not hurt. But today the U.S. war on terror has turned global, and no one, not even a linchpin in that war, is exempt. The message inherent in the post-9/11 invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq is not lost on Islamabad: the U.S. is ready and willing to target its enemies on their home turf. The legitimacy of national boundaries does not provide the comfort of a safe haven...
...began her lecture with a crash-course in the relevant history of theology including the evolution over time of the linchpin concept of Christianity—the crucifixion...
...linchpin of Palmisano's strategy is Big Blue's services business, which already accounts for about half the company's revenue. By shrewdly purchasing PWC's consulting business on the cheap at the bottom of the market--only a couple of years after HP had considered buying it for five times the price--Palmisano acquired a wealth of industry-and-process expertise, as well as a valuable Rolodex of high-level CEOs and CFOs who increasingly make big IT purchasing decisions...
...trend shows no sign of slowing. New York City's new schools chancellor, Joel Klein, unveiled last November a tougher disciplinary policy, the linchpin of which is "twilight schools" for disruptive students in each of the city's five boroughs. Klein also plans to increase the number of alternative facilities for the most serious offenders...