Word: semi
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...semi-retirement” from the technology business, Mayersohn said that he plans to make the book store a priority. He prepared to become the president of the store by traveling to major independent book stores across the country and studying their operations. He joined a booksellers’ trade association and even attended a school for booksellers. This helped in negotiations, during which Mayersohn and Kramer “shared a common vocabulary...
...rush to evacuate the building just yet. Which is why not much has changed on 32 Quincy Street just yet. THE FUTURE AWAITSThough little concrete progress has been made on the building renovations, the museum staff and curators have been busy planning and executing the installation of the new semi-permanent exhibit that will showcase pieces from the collections of the Sackler, the Busch-Reisinger, and the Fogg while the 32 Quincy Street building is under construction. “Re-View,” the current Sackler show, is the first time that so many works from the different...
...held by the end of this year, but they cannot go ahead until a law governing them is passed. But politicians remain deadlocked over the law, unable to agree on the status of the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, which Kurds want to claim as part of their semi-autonomous northern region...
...council that is itself enveloped in the smog of scandal. One-third of the council is reportedly under investigation by the FBI in connection with a sludge-disposal contract. With this particular political sludge moved out of the mayor's office, however, Detroiters are welcoming the chance for a semi-clean start with council president Ken Cockrel Jr., who will become the new mayor...
...left dozens of civilians dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. Mindanao, long home to a simmering insurgency, exploded into violence in August after the country's Supreme Court halted an agreement between government negotiators and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) that would have set boundaries for a semi-autonomous Muslim homeland. In apparent frustration with the stalled negotiations, two rogue MILF commanders have been accused of leading their fighters on a murderous rampage in two nearby provinces...