Word: role
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...economic sustenance to military security. Now there's a new top dog in town: China. Last year, Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada proclaimed that this "will be the age of Asia and in that context it is important for Japan to have its own stance, to play its own role in the region" - a role separate from that of the U.S. It's no coincidence that such a sentiment was expressed precisely as China had overtaken the U.S. as Japan's largest trading partner...
...controversial issues in the pages of the state's textbooks. The changes, expected to win final approval in May, include an increased emphasis on and sympathetic treatment of such Republican touchstones as the National Rifle Association and the Moral Majority. They also tout the superiority of capitalism and the role of Christianity in the nation's founding. Even Thomas Jefferson's profile will be diminished; some board members were less than fond of his ideas about the separation of church and state...
...younger brother of Gunsmoke star James Arness, Graves arrived in Hollywood by 1950 and got his first important role, as the all-American soldier who turns out to be a German spy in Billy Wilder's 1953 war comedy Stalag 17. The film provided an early view of Graves' ability to play both a hero type and its own internal contradiction. Throughout the '50s he alternated supporting parts in big films (The Night of the Hunter, The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell) with leads in It Conquered the World and other sci-fi anticlassics ripe for later mockery on Mystery...
...heart disease than men. You would need a powerful treatment to lower an already low risk. Researchers also don't know why women are more likely than men to suffer side effects from statins and many other drugs but posit that lower body weight and hormonal fluctuations play a role. Biological explanations aside, the larger point is the same: with any treatment, the benefits should outweigh the risks...
...moderate Crist. Rubio repeatedly hammered home his campaign message - that Crist had embraced President Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus plan, which Rubio calls a profligate failure. "I will stand up to [Obama] and everyone knows you won't," Rubio told Crist. Obama "is attempting to fundamentally redefine the role of government in America, and we can't cooperate with that." (See 10 elections that changed America...