Word: opener
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2010-2019
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dirt track to go to class. His family was poor, but understood this blistering walk was the ticket to a better life - one that would lead him from an obscure village in Kerala to success in India's cities. A landmark bill put into effect this month aims to open his path to all, making free education a fundamental right for children between 6 and 14. The law is sorely needed in a country with the world's largest population of young people. At least 8 million children remain out of school in India, many kept to work at home...
...struggled to satisfy Japan's high hopes. The Prime Minister has often appeared a weak, ineffectual leader, unable to provide a clear direction on policy or control a three-party ruling coalition that is a grab bag of politicians with contradictory ideologies, from relative conservatives to outright socialists. Open disagreements have broken out between Cabinet members, especially over the controversial privatization of Japan's postal system - a free-market initiative begun, not incidentally, during Koizumi's term as Prime Minister. "Whenever you try to get down to reforms you're bound to face difficulties," Hatoyama says, but he insists...
Perhaps this is merely the march of progress and my lamentation will go down as a typically shortsighted protest against change, akin to doomsday predictions about the Internet, Twitter, or texting. But just wait ’til the day when you open up your Facebook to see that you are a fan of Jim’s T-shirt Company and a member of the group Nominate Me for City Council Member of (insert small town here), and you might just realize that the “face” presented by that page isn’t yours...
...restaurant is currently under construction. Jillson says that the owners are hoping to open around late spring...
Montana, who has been planning to open the store for the past three years, said he hopes Tesoro will fill a niche in the jewelry market in Harvard Square by offering products “with a twist...