Word: particularity
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...been painted as something of a regulator missing in action - he's still explaining why he wasn't on particular conference calls during the Bear Stearns meltdown in March. (He told the Wall Street Journal he missed one call because the time changed, and he was involved in other calls throughout the weekend.) When he appears alongside Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury secretary Hank Paulson at press events he can seem dwarfed in stature, the representative of an agency with its roots not in sweeping monetary policy but in humble consumer protection. Created by Congress...
...interesting finding is that in recent years, there has been a marked trend toward early abortions - in particular, abortions within 7 weeks of pregnancy - something Jones attributes to more accurate home pregnancy tests and more choices in abortion methods, including the introduction of mifepristone, the miscarriage-inducing drug also known as the RU-486 that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration...
...Troopergate are not all that damning. Many Alaskans have sympathy for the anxiety and frustration the Palins felt over Wooten's continued employment. In Anchorage, I've heard time and again that Palin could have avoided further scrutiny with a single convivial mea culpa at the outset, apologizing in particular for her initial inaccurate denial that anyone in her administration, including herself, had contacted Monegan about Wooten. Stapleton says the firing was a personnel matter that the state attorney general advised Palin not to comment on initially. But still, Alaskans say that if Palin had ignored that advice and spoken...
...this particular regatta, we could have done a little bit better,” Robb said...
...loss to Brown yesterday.“We really have to earn our pride back,” co-captain Jay Connolly said. “We’re playing stupid water polo and making mistakes we shouldn’t be making.”In particular, concerns about the defense have continued to plague the Crimson, which found itself outscored 41-18 in the tournament.“Our defense is tightening up, but we’re giving up too many transition goals and that has to stop immediately,” Harvard coach Erik Farrar...