Word: peculiare
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...success of the Luzhkov-Primakov alliance in next weekend's vote will decide whether current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin can expect to coast into the presidency next June or will have to face a serious challenger. Luzhkov isn't running for the Duma next weekend, but in the peculiar world of Russian politics, he is vying, through Fatherland, for a shot at controlling Russia's future...
...opening scene is an antebellum wedding for the wealthy, giving the film a Gone With The Wind air. Commenting that weddings are just another "peculiar institution," two boys on the verge of manhood, Jake "Dutchie" Roedel (Tobey Maguire) and Jack Bull Chiles (Skeet Ulrich) suddenly decide they must become active participants in the preservation of the Southern way of life. Yet this brief conversation fails to justify the movie's dramatic tension. For Roedel and Chiles, risking life and limb is simply one more game. The charade is pervasive, as Ulrich looks entirely out of place in his Civil...
...Marketing Group, a PRTM team working to refine the firm's strategy in that region. These "firm development" teams serve quickly to integrate the new recruits into planning for PRTM's future and recruiting new clients. Including new hires in important firm decision-making is one example of the peculiar organization of consulting firms. There is a sense of rank and hierarchy within the firm that seems unrelated to the way people interact, but everyone's still conscious of it. Throughout the day, there were only a few moments when it was very clear that one person had more authority...
Seton is now in the peculiar position of arguing that business he once said should be decided by the student body should now be decided solely by the council...
Fertility clinics have always occupied a peculiar place in the American medical system. From the birth of the field in the 1980s, political pressure from conservative religious groups prevented federal money from being used for any work on human embryos. As a result, top clinics operated quietly in the private sector, beyond the reach of most governmental regulations...