Word: padded
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...Jordan, for example, loudly rejected is designated role as a premier staging ground for a ground invasion. "We refuse to be a launching pad or arena for any act against our brotherly state Iraq or to use our soil and airspace to attain this objective,'' said Jordan's Information Minister Mohammad al-Adwan Tuesday. That sentiment has been echoed by the Saudis, Kuwaitis and anti-Saddam Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq. If they do participate, the Kurds minimum demand is autonomy within a new Iraqi federation. But domestic secessionist concerns make Turkey, another key staging area for a U.S. attack...
...near Hollywood." And for all the postmortem respect accorded Dick's work, no movie yet has been both fully faithful to his ideas and successful on its own terms. The two best--Blade Runner, with its "more human than human" androids, and Minority Report--use Dick as a launching pad for their own propulsive flights of fantasy...
With its slick black homescreen with a new-agey world map, this website is more reminiscent of a swanky bachelor’s pad rather than your mother’s travel agent’s office. This site seems to prey only the most cosmopolitan of travelers and temptresses, as most of its deals are for international flights only...
...lives a quiet life with his wife and young child outside Los Angeles. He doesn't go to parties or take meetings. "I do a lot of walking," says Kaufman, politely deflecting inquiries. "I walk and write. I walk and think, and then I stop and take out my pad and write something." And then he doesn't care if you buy his script or not, but it's going to be made the way he wants it made. He's shy, but he's not a pushover...
...Last year, in an attempt to provide students with more accurate feedback as to where they stood in his class, “C-minus” gave each student two grades: one to reflect the inevitably substandard quality of his work and another higher grade to comfortably pad his transcript. This year, in an attempt to give employers and grad schools more accurate feedback as to where students stood in Harvard classes, the ECP recommended giving two evaluations on each student’s transcript: a grade to reflect the (supposed) quality of his work, and the percentage...