Word: scoped
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...mustering enough votes to bypass a Presidential veto. But Feldman, who was appointed in 2003 by the Bush administration to help draft the Iraqi constitution, emphasized Presidential primacy, saying that precedent was “not determinative” in the context of modern warfare, citing differences in scope, field communication, and feedback mechanisms that have fundamentally transformed the nature of battlefield command—certainly since the penning of the Constitution. More specifically, on the issue of President Bush’s order for a surge in troops, Barron thought Congress would be well within its limits...
Sure, 50 is a lot, especially considering the limited scope of the sport, but a better than 5 percent chance of seeing a game bound for the record books, and a full trio of history-makers at that? That’s borderline uncanny...
...digest and absorb and give you feedback on them,” says Harvard-Allston Task Force member and Allston native Paul Berkeley.Senior Project Manager for the Boston Redevelopment Authority—the city’s agency responsible for development review—also says that the scope of Harvard’s plans was overwhelming.“I think they realized that it wasn’t in the interest of maintaining a good relationship and building a good long-term relationship to progress with things when people were feeling like they couldn’t keep...
...place it in a hierarchy above science, but rather to show that theology and physics have distinct similarities in the methods they use and their ultimate aims.For Polkinghorne, the two are not conflicting ideologies; they are engaged in a parallel pursuit of the same goal: truth.Polkinghorne wisely limits the scope of his book, making it both more concrete and more readable. He does not attempt to address all of the main Western religions, as Sam Harris does, and thereby avoids inaccuracies or sweeping generalizations.Polkinghorne also makes a smart move in comparing theology with physics, not biology. Dawkins frequently relies...
...Already, we’ve seen a number of issues tackled in Captain America comics: the debate over the squelching of civil liberties, the radical actions that result when such freedoms are unequivocally preserved, and, most importantly, the scope of the divided American society we live in today. But thankfully, what we didn’t see were any hard-fast prescriptions from the writers. Through their comic series, they have consciously opined in a grey area, one that presents thoughtful questions without the inundation of partisan answers...