Word: nip
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...Bank of Scotland economist. "Ultimately that's an inflationary story." Political considerations can also prevent officials from taking aggressive, timely action, says Albert Keidel, a senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former Beijing-based senior economist for the World Bank. "It's better to nip inflation in the bud," Keidel says, "but [politicians'] concern is that if they take it seriously, it shows they haven't managed the economy well. It might open them to criticism from political opposition within the party...
...have little use for them opens the door for a whole new set of similar incidents. The proposal still requires the approval of the City Manager, the Executive Office of Public Safety, and the Cambridge City Council before it can go into action. Hopefully, one of these bodies will nip the plan in the bud and keep Cambridge residents safe from 50,000-volt jolts...
...being “false and faithless,” as one character sings. Deceit and pranks that rival those of Shakespeare’s Puck abound in this opera, as the main characters—Kapusta’s Figaro; his lover Susanna, played by Winnie L. Nip ’08; the Count and the Countess Almaviva, portrayed by James B. Onstad ’09 and Katrin D. “Kathy” Gerlach ’07; and Marcellina and Bartolo, played by Anne E. “Annie” Levine...
...pains we take seeking alterations in our physical appearance are a constant source of wonder. But it's not just the plastic surgeons who help the cosmetically challenged. Any M.D. can legally shoot you with Botox or a body-hair laser. Urologists and gynecologists nip and tuck at the naughty bits of both sexes. Today any doc can turn a pretty dollar getting hair to grow, pounds to melt off or aging private parts to work like new. None of this has much to do with relieving the suffering of the sick and disabled...
Admittedly, the airline industry has improved efficiency over the past 40 years, with technological upgrades more than doubling efficiency. There are tweaks in aircraft operations that could nip carbon emissions even further. Virgin Atlantic airlines tycoon Richard Branson, who last year pledged $3 billion in the fight against climate change, advocates having planes towed on the ground rather than taxiing, which he has said could cut a yet unspecified portion of fuel on long flights. Emissions trading for the air industry could help as well, with airlines given carbon caps and then being required to purchase credits from other industries...