Word: polisher
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...fresh start at dismantling the maze of regulations that hamper efforts by foreign companies to sell in Japan. Imported cars, for example, will no longer have to be inspected at the Ministry of Transport, though they will still be looked over by dealers. Companies that sell foreign-made nail polish will not have to get government approval for each new color. Importers of pharmaceuticals will not need a license from the Health and Welfare Ministry for each shipment...
...This pre-conclave period has been like no other in modern history. Beyond the mass media attention, and the corresponding reaction of the Cardinals to clam up, there is the simple fact that the election of a Polish pope last time has opened the range of potential pontiffs to the whole world - every pope of the previous 455 years had been Italian, meaning that prognosticating elections meant sizing up the candidates from Italy, and perhaps dropping in a foreign papabile for good luck. Instead, over the past two weeks, just about every hypothesis from every corner of the globe...
...ceremony-jam-packed with mostly Italian and Polish mourners, many of whom know little of Law's recent history-went off without any of the disruptions that had been rumored amongst our press colleagues. In fact, Law's command of the altar and agility in Italian and Latin were a reminder that had he not been disgraced back at home, he may have been a potential "kingmaker" in influencing who would be the next pope. [American Cardinals are not considered realistic candidates because the U.S. is too powerful geopolitically.] Even if his American colleagues may not denounce him publicly, like...
Every mean-spirited or mistaken action by a male is chalked up as yet another manifestation of patriarchy in action: Stalin's murder of Polish army officers, the deterioration of language, textbooks that fail to discuss the debate over clitoral vs. vaginal orgasms...
...Guard is pleased. Stewart Iglehart, 75, a top competitor from the sport's golden age in the '20s and '30s, wrote recently that "today's ponies ... have noticeably less polish on the field"; his tone suggested that some of the riders are not too polished either. But like it or not, the sport of kings, which traces its roots back through England and India to Persia in 525 B.C., is now enjoyed by the likes of the "Bruise Brothers," a pair of upstart investment bankers who compete in Santa Barbara, Calif., and the bread-and-butter players who gather regularly...