Word: reflect
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Despite its seemingly incongruous title, Alaa Al Aswany's novel Chicago is filled with characters who reflect the conflicting political and social currents churning through Egypt today. There is Nagi, an idealistic medical student who is passionate for democratic change - and for his blonde American girlfriend. In league with him is Dr. Muhammad Salah, a university professor questioning the meaning of his life and nostalgic for a simpler past. Almost another world away is Shaymaa, a sweet, veiled young woman from the Nile Delta who finds herself struggling to cope with modern life in the big city...
Granted, no discussion of the presidential candidates would be complete without attention to their personal characteristics. It’s important to recognize the candidates’ extraordinary identities, and it’s constructive for America to reflect on the place of women and blacks in political society. There is a fine line, however, between that discussion and one that empowers identity above all else...
...weekly magazine ran an editor’s note stating that BusinessWeek had reviewed the tape-recorded conversation and concluded that “we believe we reported her comments fairly.” But BusinessWeek added that it had paraphrased Faust using words that did not accurately reflect her statements, wrongly suggesting that public universities short on funding should focus on the social sciences rather than more costly hard science research. In fact, Faust only noted that some schools have already chosen this course of action, according to BusinessWeek. “President Faust did not, however, say such...
...euro currency has even more varieties. There is one version of the common European side for each of the eight coins in legal tender (although a new design was introduced last year to reflect the E.U.'s 2004 enlargement). But each of the 15 Eurozone countries has its own obverse, or national side, creating a total of 120 different coins in circulation. Added to that are the commemorative editions, and those produced by microstates San Marino, the Vatican City and Monaco...
...expanded from medical education consulting to include health care delivery consulting. In recent years, HMI has often aided clients in the construction of hospitals and other facilities. University and Medical School officials involved in the discussions have expressed concern that the organization’s activities no longer fully reflect Harvard’s core mission of education and research. “More and more of what we have become, particularly in the last few years, has involved working with health care delivery systems,” said Andrew A. Jeon, HMI’s acting president and chief...