Word: possessions
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fell apart. But Lin Huaibin, an auto industry analyst at research firm Global Insight in Shanghai, believes both companies brought problems to the partnership. Chery, he says, wasn't ready to produce a car of strong enough quality for the global market, while a struggling Chrysler didn't possess the funds needed to invest in the venture. Chery's Jin says that the company's global ambitions remain intact. Chery "will of course continue our international expansion," Jin says...
...have organized debates and rallies in London, and convinced several student unions to ban pageant advertisements on campus because they violate the "safe space" policy of various university charters. Feminist ire isn't just directed at pageant organizers either. They also point the finger at contestants who they feel possess a false sense of emancipation. "Their attention-seeking is completely misplaced," says Ruby Buckley, a women's officer at LSE. "They are parading up and down and being leered at by men who have paid money to judge them on how they look." (Read a TIME story about Facebook...
...originally from Germany and I love chocolate," she says to the judges, flashing a toothy smile as blinding as her blonde locks. "Just like me it's sweet, and definitely bad for you." When asked by the emcee to describe the superpower she'd most like to possess, Heller, a business management student, doesn't skip a beat: "I'd really like the ability to answer this question." (Read the Top 10 oddball news stories...
...familiarity with one or more of the plays will diminish the amount of insight that one can glean. Knowing at least the basic plot proves necessary for full appreciation of Garber’s Shakespearian wisdom. But having read all the plays is not necessary; just about anyone would possess enough knowledge of the basic plot of “Romeo and Juliet” to appreciate that chapter. And this, in a sense, is part of Garber’s overall point. So while Garber tells us outright what she’s going to accomplish in her book...
...extremists who commit atrocities in the name of faith. American Klan members committed crimes against blacks in the supposed name of Christianity. Harvard is filled with Muslim students with mainstream politics. Yet outside of well-educated communities like ours, this is not the case. Islam has come to possess more extremist members than any other modern religion...