Word: relentlessly
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Summers’ policies reflect his rhetoric. His relentless campaign in support of public service includes $14 million of funding to graduate students in these fields, and his commitment to advancing the sciences at the University has led to increased funding and his suggestion that every student must know the now-infamous “difference between a gene and a chromosome” has led to a curricular review...
...they are up to 30% cheaper. According to some of his employees, Murakami's pursuit of conveyor-belt efficiency can make him a ruthlessly demanding boss. "The word compromise is not in Murakami's vocabulary," says Tomohiro Hoshino, who does 3-D paintings at KaiKai Kiki. Still, Murakami's relentless focus on the business of making art pays rich dividends. He proudly notes that in 1998 it would take him and 30 helpers six months to complete a large work. Now his art factories churn out 40 pieces a year...
...Right now, Israel is the effective security authority in most West Bank towns and cities, having reoccupied them in the hope of stopping a relentless wave of suicide bombings inside Israel-proper. The Palestinians say they can't reconstitute their shattered security services as long as Israeli maintains a stranglehold on their turf, and argue that an Israeli withdrawal is a prerequisite for a crackdown on terrorism. But Sharon is in no mood to accept half-measures, and insists that Israel will deal only with a Palestinian Authority willing to disarm the Palestinian organizations that carry out terror attacks - Hamas...
...disarmament provisions of U.N. resolutions dating back to the 1991 Gulf War was the cause of the international crisis that, after much diplomatic wrangling, led to war. Ultimately, Washington concluded that regime change was the only reliable and durable solution to the threat posed by Baghdad’s relentless pursuit...
...many ways, but I swore it would be my last: the problem was that the aspect of being at sea that interested me the most, the being-at-sea part, was minimized to the point that I almost forgot I was on board a ship. The entertainment was relentless?bridge tournaments, tango lessons, fancy-dress balls and mini-Las Vegas floor shows?and so was the food. Before my cruising days began, I had imagined myself braving the elements, face-to-face with the majesty of the sea under an immensity of sky. Instead, I seemed to be part...