Word: shapes
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Conway, a native of Toronto, Canada, specialized in Canadian history and in "the geopolitical forces that shape political cultures," his wife told the Times...
...Newark is still in desperate shape. Breweries, chemical companies and small industries that once produced everything from zippers to pillows have fled. Car theft is so common that police no longer respond the same day to reports of missing vehicles...
...former chief of correspondents and deputy managing editor, Stacks has a new title: editor, politics and investigations. "John will be advising us on the shape of the magazine's political coverage," says managing editor James R. Gaines. "And he will be contributing to it directly as well...
...real healing going on," said Billy Tauzin of Louisiana, who also resigned from the committee. Tauzin has given Democrats until December to shape up--or he will jump just in time to run for the Senate. Mike Parker of Mississippi isn't expected to wait that long. When asked if he is switching parties, he says, "I have no plans to switch--today." More telling is the way he describes himself: "a recovering Democrat...
There is only one thing, in the end, that ought to worry us. Its proponents say the anti-flag-burning amendment is necessary in order to get us to respect the flag. But our culture is in truly bad shape if we have come to define respecting something as the failure to set it on fire. True, torching something is often a clear sign of disrespect, but the converse does not hold. As they proceed with their weighty deliberations, our Congress members should realize that just because someone does not douse them in kerosene and hold a match to their...