Word: prolonging
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...opposition is also concerned that the film could help prolong Lula's political life after he leaves the presidency. The 64-year-old is constitutionally prohibited from seeking a third consecutive term but has hinted he is not ready to retire definitively from politics. "Lula is very popular, and his political life is not over," says João Augusto de Castro Neves, a political analyst in the capital, Brasília. "He could still be President in 2014 or have another political position. I think the intention with the film is almost to provoke the opposition. Lula...
...giving up the fight and handing him back to his American dad. "There comes a time when you have to say the war is over," Sergio Tostes, lawyer for Sean's step father João Paulo Lins e Silva told TIME. "We could appeal but that would only prolong the suffering. We don't want to prolong this any more...
...that we cannot leave Afghanistan in its current state but suggest that we go forward with the troops that we have. But this would simply maintain a status quo in which we muddle through and permit a slow deterioration of conditions there. It would ultimately prove more costly and prolong our stay in Afghanistan, because we would never be able to generate the conditions needed to train Afghan security forces and give them the space to take over...
...have been pleased if Fame, the updated version of the 1980s hit movie about a New York high school for the performing arts that spawned the long-running television series, had just been one long string of good, bad and ugly auditions. Anything to prolong the pleasure of watching disapproval spread like an ink stain across the face of Lynn Kraft, the dance teacher played by Bebe Neuwirth, as she spies another inadequate...
...burgeoning momentum. The Crimson’s first game of the weekend will undoubtedly be its most important of the non-conference season. The cross-city rival Terriers (2-0-1) are not only ranked among the best teams in the nation but are also hoping to prolong their own two-game winning streak. “It’s one of those games that’s really going to determine our season,” Akpan said. “A win over [BU] will put us in the national spotlight and it’ll really...