Word: partiality
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...aren't going to finish that bottle, here are some ways to keep it fresh. Simply popping the cork back in and refrigerating will work for one day. For up to three days, try VACUVIN ($15), which uses a stopper and a small plastic hand pump to create a partial vacuum inside the bottle. RESERVE ($190) introduces a layer of inert gas over the wine, keeping air out and wine drinkable for six days. The PEK WINE STEWARD ($219), right, uses inert gas and temperature control to keep wine full of flavor for up to two weeks...
...blunder. Yet to withdraw our troops now would compound the mistake we made in deciding to invade and would leave an unstable and volatile nation to fend for itself. So what should Americans do? We should support our troops until some sort of muddled conclusion allows at least a partial withdrawal...
...birds, and the great majority stay there. But a handful of flu viruses adapt to the point that they can infect people. Each year the viruses capable of invading human cells mutate slightly in a way that leads to fresh outbreaks, but most people will still have a partial immunity because of previous exposure to similar viruses. Occasionally, though, a strain that had seemed to infect only birds will cross over more or less intact into humans. Because this new strain is so different from garden-variety flu viruses, few people are immune. That is apparently what happened...
...week later, Harvard countersued, alleging that Templeton was improperly blocking its efforts to put a proposal in front of shareholders. The two sides settled their dispute when Templeton, in a partial victory for Harvard, allowed the University to sell back its $115 million investment at a price above market value...
...meeting during the UN General Assembly that Israel's responsibility for the Gaza Strip was ended by the final withdrawal of its soldiers early Monday morning. The Palestinians don't accept that, because Israel maintains control over Gaza?s airspace and the sea. It also has partial control over the border crossing...