Word: measuredness
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The fact is, many East Asians, particularly Chinese, aren't comfortable with America's rhetoric. We don't want to be dragged into a retaliatory war. We condemn terrorism, of course, but we are also wary of Washington, particularly after America's bombing of a Chinese embassy and its role...
If that prospect has alarmed the State Department, which hopes to accomplish much by words instead of bombs, it positively terrifies some of Washington's allies. The French have been jittery from the start about the Administration's use of the word war, and anything that might turn that war...
“The takeover won’t be measured in weeks, like the Harvard sit-in was,” Weisbard said. “It will be measured in two year terms.”
In recent years, Harvard’s endowment has averaged a 16.9 percent return and outperformed the standard institutional investor, as measured by the Trust Universe Comparison Service, by 5.9 percent annually. That 16.9 percent return over five years has translated into $10.5 billion in endowment income.
In the wake of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, much praise has been rightfully given to the dedicated public servants of New York City. Their resolve and courage has been typified by their leader, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. There is obviously no protocol for how to act...