Word: scoping
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...TIME have always taken pride in our tradition of group journalism. By pooling the talents of correspondents based on six continents, we are able to bring to our stories a scope and perspective that few other newsgathering organizations can match. One particularly satisfying example of the technique is this week's special report about a global sex trade so broad in its reach that few corners of the earth remain untouched by its depredations...
...structure originally designed for working for a department like economics was thrust into a setting where there are hundreds of faculty members, complex departments," says Fineberg. "It's very clear that a single committee would have a difficult time encompassing the whole scope of the enterprise...
...very clear that a single committee would have a difficult time encompassing the whole scope of the enterprise...
...members will learn that they do not carry the gene. That does not means that they are immune to colon cancer, just that they bear an average risk (a 1-in-20 chance during their lifetime). The other 25% will probably undergo a colonoscopy, in which a fiber-optic scope is used to search for growths in the colon. The $1,000 procedure would then become an annual routine...
...pall over U.S. firms planning displays at June's Paris Air Show. Now the CIA, the FBI and other American intelligence agencies are racing to finish their first-ever systematic study of the problem of foreign governments' spying on American companies. "There is an ongoing effort right now to scope out the size of it," says a senior intelligence official. "Our answer in the past has been too anecdotal. The point of this study is to move from the anecdotal to the analytical." An initial report could be ready by next month. The results, of course, will be classified...