Word: scoped
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...truth may be that Obama doesn't have much scope for substance, because he is to some extent a prisoner of Congress. The White House doesn't want to repeat the mistake made by former President Bill Clinton with the Kyoto Protocol by agreeing internationally to emissions cuts that have no support at home. That means Obama has to wait for Congress to act - and although the House passed a carbon cap in June, there's little chance of the Senate acting on the bill before the end of the year. That leaves Obama - and global climate negotiations...
...been entrusted with the responsibilities of Lawrence M. Levine—the associate dean for information technology and chief information officer—until an appointment is made to replace him.The University urgently needed a competent individual to fill the vacancies—and Gorodentsev, with her broad administrative scope and interpersonal strengths, fit the bill, according to King.“She’s a utility player. She can do almost anything you throw at her,” King said. “The number of people who could just jump into a job like that...
...explore "the secret ways Islamism and its extreme form, jihadism, feed on Islam." Over the next five years, he travels around the planet, from Afghanistan to Zanzibar, in what is not so much a journey of geography as an odyssey across the ummah - the global community of Muslims. The scope of the images - from the ultra-contemporary fashion shoots of Turkey to the primal Ashura rituals in Iraq, the artificial ski slopes of Dubai to the sea of pilgrims keeping vigil on Saudi Arabia's plain of Arafat - reveals the ummah not as a monolithic body of believers...
...reaches its climax, and he pleads, “Why can’t we start it over again?”As one, 12-minute unit, “Exogenesis Symphony” is not Muse’s best ever song, but with its unmatched scope, scale and caliber of composition, it might still be their magnum opus.Though it ends on a high note, “The Resistance” is a mixed bag. It includes both a couple of Muse’s best songs, and a couple of their worst. As an album, it flows...
...different from what you would normally expect,” Valente said. Before working at Harvard, Engert was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Diego, and University of California, Berkeley, studying tadpole sensory processing. “Professor Engert is a scientist of remarkable scope, having made important contributions to two distinct fields, visual system development and motor system function,” said Earth and Planetary Sciences Chair Jeremy Bloxham in a press release. “A highly creative researcher, his publications are consistently of the highest quality. He is also an outstanding teacher...