Word: rebuff
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...week help illustrate the paradox that is France; the volatile parliamentary government which crowns an economically healthy nation. According to Assistant Professor Stanley Hoffman, who teaches a course in French government and society, the present republic may not have effective power, but it knows how to protect itself and rebuff crises. The past days have seen Gaillard survive several...
...their child might be affected by the shots. Vaccines may be a medical marvel, but they are only one salvo in our fight against disease-causing bugs. It's worth remembering that viruses and bacteria have had millions of years to perfect their host-finding skills; our abilities to rebuff them are only two centuries old. And in that journey, both parents and public-health officials want the same thing-to protect future generations from harm...
...Repertory Theatre teacher Marcus Stern about studying in his elite advanced acting class, a course primarily for talented senior actors. “I didn’t know that this was not a thing to do,” Kargman says. Despite receiving a “total rebuff,” Kargman auditioned and was admitted. “It was me and the senior crew,” she says of the influential semester.Similarly, Kargman has been intent on pursuing a special concentration since her first week on campus. With the help of mentors Robert Scanlon...
...Africa's response to events in Zimbabwe. On Saturday, Mbeki visited Mugabe in Harare and declared that there was no crisis in Zimbabwe, but on Tuesday the ANC's influential National Working Committee said there should be no further delay in releasing Zimbabwe's poll results. In a clear rebuff to Mbeki, the ANC's leadership said the situation was "dire, with negative consequences for all of southern Africa...
...majors turning into minors? Despite the bad news, that fate remains some way off. Big record companies still excel at winning their bands airtime or prime space on stores' shelves. And for every rebuff from a Madonna, there's an award for a Winehouse, thanks to support from tuned-in record execs. "It's all very well to say bands can do it all themselves; some don't want to," says Max Hole, executive vice president of Universal Music Group International, which oversees Winehouse's label. Many now acting alone admit they got a leg up from a record company...