Word: repeatable
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...judiciary committee staff) and said we don't want the nomination hearing to be like the Christian thrown to the lions with all the Romans around the outside going thumbs up or thumbs down," says a Senate Republican staffer involved in the planning. The GOP staffers feared a repeat of the Bork and Thomas hearings where the audience was predominantly hostile. So in addition to the skyboxes, there has been a consistent presence of Roberts?s supporters, including apparently ad hoc groups like 'Women for Roberts...
...ICEM reported numerous other irregularities, such as repeat voting, voting without valid ID, turning away voters saying ballot boxes were full, and ignoring the right of voters to cast their ballots in secrecy...
...platforms and key pipelines buried 20 to 30 feet deep in underwater mudslides near the mouth of the Mississippi, President Bush tapped into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a move the Administration dubbed "an exchange" since it called for the supplies to be replaced. Political critics are pressing him to repeat that move, but industry analysts are split on whether this really helps keep prices down. Still, most observers expect Bush to approve another "exchange...
...developed technology that can phonetically map human speech, and it may ultimately recognize individual voices. So far, Nexidia is selling its system to government intelligence agencies and telephone customer-service centers. Outsourcing companies with call centers can use the software to search for phrases such as "Can you repeat that?" and "I don't understand you," then listen to the entire call to troubleshoot. Much of the company's work is classified, but Nexidia says its Arabic language model is in wide use today in Iraq. Helping compensate for the shortage of Arabic linguists in the U.S. intelligence community, Nexidia...
...submissions, fishermen say they were ignored by the authority - which is why they're keenly awaiting a review of its powers, promised by the federal Coalition government in return for Fishing Party preferences in last October's election. Last week Environment Minister Ian Campbell's office would only repeat that the review would be announced "shortly...