Word: majorities
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...English Literature major in college, Alemany said she originally planned to go into law and took a job in the legal department at IBM after graduation...
...Finance is a lot like English,” Alemany said. “All my analysis skills were at work, and making good decisions and understanding management required me to use the skills I learned as an English major...
...fragmentation of the film is furthered by its one major deviation from McCarthy’s book: the inclusion of a number of flashbacks. Featuring Charlize Theron as Mortensen’s wife—a character who appeared only referentially in the book—these scenes show the gradual unraveling of their family as the mysterious crisis unfolds outside shuttered windows...
Those two scenes sparkle on their own, but together the vignettes create an effective conduit for the film’s major themes. Though the cause of civilization’s end remains unknown, there is some implication that it is manmade. Be it nuclear or environmental, “The Road” forces us to contemplate our end, brought about by our own hands. And it demands, ever so subtly, that we reassess our priorities and protect our planet from ourselves...
...short run. But it is unlikely to convince most Americans that a war that has already lasted more than eight years is worth fighting indefinitely. Even if Obama sets a target date for leaving Afghanistan, he'll still be asking the public to sign on to a major escalation that will see many more Americans killed and wounded, and will cost hundreds of billions more dollars. Pouring blood and treasure into a distant campaign is a hard sell at the best of times, let alone during the worst recession in a generation. (See a slideshow of the war in Afghanistan...