Word: sheers
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Once we were under way, zigzagging paths up steep slopes generally demanded the group ride in single file atop sheer shale ridges. Upon breaching a pass, we stopped for lunch, while the support trucks and mobile kitchen took the low road. As we rode, the pure air was scented with wild mint and garlic brushed by the horses' hooves. The grunt of a yak, a marmot whistle or a bird's wing-beat carried undisturbed across the valley...
Whether out of sheer benevolence or a desire to end its public relations woes, Bristol-Meyers-Squibb Pharmaceuticals announced last week that it would market its AIDS drugs, Zerit and Videx, to Africa at a combined price of $1 per day. This follows closely on the heels of Merck Pharmaceuticals' announcement that it would market its drug, the protease inhibitor Crixivan, to Africa at the reduced price of $600 per year. AIDS drugs typically cost between $10,000 and $15,000 per year. Needless to say, because of these exorbitantly high prices, these drugs are out of reach for those...
...think even Greenspan understands what we're looking at now - the reverse wealth effect. Bubbles have burst before, but we've never been here before, with the sheer amount of wealth that's been destroyed in the markets. We don't know how that's going to affect consumers, how that's going to affect the larger economy. And Greenspan doesn't know either...
Instead of overwhelming teachers with this raw energy by packing these dynamos into classes, we ought to reduce the sheer wattage in each classroom to levels that teacher might be able to direct, focus and harness for the good. Here begins my brainstorming: what about having highly trained teachers stay with a very small group of 7-10 students from K-5th grade, allowing them to truly monitor and witness the development of their charges through time? With this level of commitment over a number of years, a grade-school teacher becomes less of a teacher and more...
...majority Slavic Macedonian communities appear to have been radicalized by the events of the past week. But unless the rebels can make good on their promise to open new fronts of battle elsewhere in Macedonia, the combination of attacks by government forces, the promised chokehold by NATO and sheer attrition could snuff out the insurgency...