Word: looms
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...more fifteen-hour travelogues? Unless this team somehow finds a way to come together at just the right moment and solve its mysterious problems, problems which loom much larger than those faced by last year's team at this juncture of the season, such prospective voyages do rather seem to have nil point...
While both Kerry and Gov. William F. Weld '66 have engaged in a tireless battle to capture the center of Massachusetts politics, there remain real differences between the candidates. These differences loom especially large given the probability of a divided 105th Congress. We choose to endorse Kerry because we think he is the best person for the job, especially when it comes to the important issues of education, the environment and health care...
...would require the state to enforce minimum staffing levels for licensed personnel at all medical facilities and would protect whistle-blowing health-care workers from being fired. Similar measures have been introduced throughout the country, from the U.S. Congress to the Cincinnati city council, but nowhere does the battle loom larger than in California. A coalition led by the health-care industry and the Chamber of Commerce has mounted a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to defeat the initiatives...
...Ottoman Turks built a fortress to loom over Erbil, a city already old when they conquered it and still making history now that the Sultans of Constantinople are no more. From that citadel, Erbil last week appeared remarkably calm for a city just beset by Iraq. Banks were open, shops were doing brisk business and, except for several parliament buildings and the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (P.U.K.), the city bore almost no indications of fighting. What little evidence there was, however, spoke volumes. A bust of Jalal Talabani, the P.U.K. leader, was beheaded at a road junction...
PHILIP MORRIS Though lawsuits loom, it helps snuff investors' fears by boosting dividend...