Word: setting
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...returning from a year-long sabbatical of her own to take up her role as interim dean of the division. She said she was contacted by Smith about the appointment a week ago, adding that she plans “to continue the direction Dean Sorensen has so effectively set forth...
...always set the standard I had to chase,” James said...
...opening blow was set up when an error by Harvard rookie second baseman Kassy Shiotani allowed a runner on second to take third and the batter to reach first...
...lugubrious battle rhythm. There were few direct confrontations between the Americans and the Taliban; the usual sounds of war, the crackle of small-arms fire and thump of mortars were rarely heard. Just an occasional boom - as an IED went off. Sometimes the Taliban blew themselves up, attempting to set the bombs; occasionally, Americans were the victims. On Feb. 21, one American was killed and another severely wounded in an IED explosion just south of town. "I decided to stop the patrols down there after that," Ellis says. "Given the rules of engagement, it was just too dangerous to keep...
...downplay the extent of the disaster, as it initially did with the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed 242,000, or more recently during the 2003 SARS outbreak. But in recent years, Beijing has emphasized a robust and more open approach to disaster management. "Crisis response has entered the set of things expected from government," says Björn Conrad, a researcher with the Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute. "That's what you have to do to maintain legitimacy...