Word: shaked
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...pending execution of Troy Anthony Davis, scheduled to take place on July 17, is raising serious questions about his guilt - and about the Newt Gingrich-era federal law that has limited his appeals options and prevented him, say his supporters, from getting a fair shake...
...abroad and revising the country's pacifist constitution, the public was focused on bread-and-butter economic issues. "When Abe talks about the constitution, people think, 'What about my salary?'" says the DPJ's Yamaguchi. Abe seems incapable of reading the public-Koizumi excelled at that-and can't shake impressions that the economy bores him. "When anyone within 50 meters of him starts talking about foreign policy, his eyes sparkle-he cares," says Jesper Koll, president of Tantallon Research Japan. "But anything else, that's just not the case...
...members are advised to attend a meeting a day for the first 90 days) and is the duration of a typical stint in a drug-treatment program. It turns out that this is just about how long it takes for the brain to reset itself and shake off the immediate influence of a drug. Researchers at Yale University have documented what they call the sleeper effect--a gradual re-engaging of proper decision making and analytical functions in the brain's prefrontal cortex--after an addict has abstained for at least 90 days...
Marooned in the U.K.'s rain-sodden Midlands and best known for a local soccer team, Manchester has struggled to shake off its abiding image of "dark Satanic mills" first noted by the poet William Blake in his epic Jerusalem back in 1820. It's never quite been the place for picturesque holidays, much less arts festivals - until...
...clearly counting on Fujimori's tough image, and party leaders say that he will focus on bringing home Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 80s. "I strongly hope Mr. Fujimori, as the last samurai, will shake up a Japan that has lost its courage, self-confidence and gentleness," said the PNP's Kamei, who added that Fujimori will make use of his "knowledge, rich experience and reputation for our country's politics...