Word: rift
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They argue that student evaluations of their tutors could form a rift between students and tutors rather than bring them closer together...
...retiring from their marriage, Jordan is making another try at the union, and the two, above in 1999, have announced they will reconcile. On Jan. 4, Juanita declared their 12-year marriage over and said she wanted sole custody of their three children. Commentators speculated whether the rift might affect Jordan's image and endorsement deals and how much of his estimated $400 million fortune he would have to hand over. Now commentators are wondering whether true love has ruled the day or Jordan feared harming his aura and side deals and handing over half his net worth...
Black and white: the phrase suggests two polar opposites and a debate that can be boiled down into simple, irreconcilable positions. In an American context, given the country’s long history of racial division, the phrase has more loaded associations. So vast is this rift that our discourse on race has assumed a corresponding dichotomy: current discussions about race inevitably consist of “for” or “against” arguments about a limited number of policy topics. An intellectual who refuses to bow to these seemingly rigid dualities, then, both replenishes...
...such scrutiny? Because USAMRIID handles the deadliest pathogens known to man, including Ebola, Marburg virus, Rift Valley fever--and, of course, anthrax. It was at Fort Detrick that the U.S. stockpile of biological weapons was manufactured in the 1960s, and at USAMRIID that research into deadly germs was concentrated for the next three decades...
...Richard Armitage, the two hawks argued that after the seizure of an arms-laden boat headed from Iran to the Palestinian Authority, all ties to Arafat should be cut. "[Cheney and Rumsfeld] made a run, but it didn't work," says a senior Administration official. The move worsened the rift between Powell and Cheney and necessitated a closed-door meeting between the national security team and President Bush last Friday. In the end, the Administration split the difference: telephone contacts with Arafat can continue, but Zinni will not return to the region for further talks until Arafat cracks down completely...