Word: rigidness
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...Perhaps it will be Hong Kong's rigid ruling system. The Chief Executive is technically chosen by an 800-member Election Committee comprising some of Hong Kong's most prominent businessfolk, executives and professionals. But you can't be a part of the committee unless you are an F.O.B. (friend of Beijing), so essentially the Chief Executive is handpicked by the central government. In fact, for Tung's second term, once China's leaders had clearly signaled that he was again their man, he turned out to be the only candidate...
Stepping into his economist’s shoes, Summers discussed what he thought would be a shift from the rigid production hierarchies of the past century to an economic culture that values and disseminates ideas rather than material products. That, Summers said, will make the role universities play more crucial...
...breaks rules and doesn't tell grownups things it would plainly be in his interest to reveal. He gets into trouble. ("If he didn't, you wouldn't have all those pages to read," notes Zack Ferleger, 12, of Encino, Calif.) Hermione may be smart, but she can be rigid; Hagrid is loving, but to a fault when it comes to horribly scary beasts. Ron is loyal but insecure. Rowling loves her characters and invites readers to love them, not just despite their flaws but because of them. Since one's flaws loom large in adolescence, that is quite...
...quoted from the former Justice Lewis Powell's Bakke opinion in arguing that diversity represented a "compelling state interest" which should be supported through affirmative action. Legal scholars say they weren't surprised by the decision, because they expected that while O'Connor would find the undergraduate program too rigid, she would not be willing to say race simply could not be a factor, as the Court's other four conservative members did. "Justice O'Connor wanted to stay in the basic universe Powell created," said University of Chicago Law Professor Cass Sunstein. Her opinion ensures that Powell's universe...
...spot. "He has a lot of respect for his dad, and the history of Cyprus that he represents," says Kudret Akay, a childhood friend and sociologist. "But he doesn't compare himself to him." Serdar is more relaxed (he's a diver and race-car fan) and less rigid, but ambitious nevertheless. "It is no coincidence that he has been way out front on the issue of opening the border," says one senior Western diplomat. The two men have a close, if formal, relationship. At the Denktash dinner table, talk of politics is banned. To discuss business matters, Serdar makes...