Word: recentering
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King, 63, has served as one of Gettelfinger's, top lieutenants in recent years and handled several rounds of delicate negotiations with the Ford Motor Co. as the union tried to navigate the big downturn in the U.S. auto industry and the changes it forced in union contracts. Gettelfinger, 65, will relinquish the presidency at the UAW's next convention in June. (See the best business deals...
...there's no guarantee that the rise in sea level would necessarily be smooth. If ice sheets begin sliding into the sea faster than they have in the recent past - as they seem to be doing already - sea level could go up more quickly than average, reaching a catastrophic point relatively early, then staying there. "From our analysis," says Kopp, "we really can't know how long it would take." In short, the science is still uncertain - but less so than before, and moving in a direction that isn't reassuring...
...boldness of this claim, in the midst of a bitter deadlock over health-care reform and the maddening twists of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) Lieberman himself would be a strong candidate for the prize of highest unintentional irony in a public statement for some of his recent comments, but for now his fellow Yale graduate Kerry has done enough. The notion that in such a polarized, anything-goes political climate any legislation would be a “100 percent” guarantee seems grandiose.Specify the legislation is on climate-related fuel emissions? To put it mildly, that...
Several years ago, HCL operations installed a number of occupancy sensors in parts of Widener Library, but another 130 sensors have been added to offices in Widener, Lamont, and Pusey libraries in recent months...
...HCL’s recent energy-saving, cost-cutting initiatives reflect the University’s current budgetary concerns. Last month, the Task Force on University Libraries released a report, suggesting the possibility of closing some of Harvard’s 73 libraries and reevaluating the University’s ambitious collection strategy, in order to address budgetary pressures...