Word: points
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...dragging out and other initiatives pushed aside, financial reform is a high priority for an Administration in search of wins. Geithner's bosses at the White House are pushing to get a bill to the President for his signature by the end of the year, and Geithner is the point man in making that happen. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
Eitam predicted that in a year or two, other Islamic countries will follow suit in developing nuclear weapon programs. “It is the opening point for a nuclear arms race within the Islamic world which will not be stopped until the whole region will have nuclear weapons,” he said...
...following season, Dartmouth threatened to ruin Harvard’s perfect season yet again, but came up one point short after a failed two-point conversion. The Crimson went on to a 10-0 record...
...novel in the epilogue, a narrator notes that he’s “paid a dear and savage price to live history.” The message is clear: the history of America is brutal, violent, and full of pain. Indeed Ellroy succeeds at bringing that point across through the macabre events of “Blood’s a Rover.” Yet, it seems clear that he could have used less words to create a sense of suspense and anticipation for its climax, without sacrificing that message. Instead, when the long-awaited climax arrives...
...movies' biggest audience, and smugglers at the Chinese border, charging some with promoting the ideology of the enemy state. "The government is terrified of the ideas North Koreans are getting about the outside world," Myung says. "The people are starting to ask, 'Why are we poor?' And they point to South Korea...