Word: periods
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...relationship between The Big Three and its dealers was, for many years, symbiotic. There was some real balance between the products and marketing that came from the manufacturing and the sales and service that came from the dealer. That bond has been broken in an especially short period since approximately a third of the distributors of cars for Chrysler and GM will lose their franchises. It is the only financially expedient thing to do, but the government is, once again, encouraging an action that will put tens of thousands of taxpayers out of jobs. By placing the large car companies...
...tumors are removed through surgery. According to the researchers who conducted the first study of the test, patients with low risk scores may expect an 8% chance of seeing their cancer come back within three years; higher-scoring patients have a 25% chance of recurrence over the same time period. Colon cancer is currently the third leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. (See pictures of cancer survivors and read their stories...
...make themselves more available to the press than any other athletes and always talk about "Getting it done" with "heart" and "team effort" and "character." • Whole wordless epics unfold with every shift, as we wait to see how X will retaliate for Y's behavior in the last period. • At any moment, someone might try to punch someone else in the face. I know that's not the sentiment the NHL wants to promote, but it's a big part of the equation. You can't get it in baseball, basketball or football, and yet that's rarely...
...they were dissatisfied with the timing of the announcement. “It’s very worrisome that the students are only being asked for input very late in the process,” said Sarah E. Esty ’11. She added that she believed reading period was a difficult time for students who might have wanted to organize a response. “That gives [the administration] a lot of power,” she said. George J.J. Hayward ’11, a UC rep for Currier, said that there has been an overwhelming response...
...check Beijing's aggression by deploying two carrier battle groups off Taiwan's shores. That kind of move is unthinkable now, not just because the US is entangled in costly operations in the Middle East, but because of China's growing stature and military resources. "We were in a period that was essentially unipolar," says Davies. "Now the U.S. and China are going to have to reach some sort of an accommodation...