Word: nation
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...city rich with monuments commemorating a nation, the one that stands above all is a dented green wall 37 feet tall, 240 feet long, and some 310 feet from home plate down the left-field lane,” the bottle’s white script reads...
...We’re honored to have him...There’s no better research university in the nation than Harvard, and he’s used to satisfying a faculty that has very, very specialized IT needs,” Hiliard said. “We certainly hope that he’ll be the person to take our IT operations to a new level...
...February, CU-Boulder began its search for a permanent replacement and attracted 129 applicants from across the nation, according to Hilliard. But the ultimate decision—which likely ocurred within the last two weeks, Hilliard said—seemed an easy one to make...
Chevron executives have been under increasing pressure from shareholders who are fearful of an unfavorable verdict. But the scandal probably has the Correa administration chafing as well, especially since a tainted legal system could compromise its efforts to win most-favored-nation trade status from the U.S. Congress this year...
...also potentially inflammatory, given the tendency of the French to view overt manifestations of Islamic faith as a threat to the nation's tradition of secularity. After all, France is the nation that felt obliged to protect itself against the supposed spread of Islam by passing a 2004 law prohibiting students from wearing religious symbols in public schools - a measure primarily aimed at Islamic headscarves. Earlier this year, legislators demanded a legal ban on burqas, a form of apparel that President Nicolas Sarkozy damned as "not welcome on French territory." That legal prohibition was regarded as overkill, however, when...