Word: shore
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...government should spend less on showpiece projects, be more serious about tackling a burgeoning deficit, and focus on preserving a free market. Instead, its most substantive response to the economic crisis has been to try and shore up property prices by a series of land sale freezes, curbs on building of public housing and increasing the supply of mortgage credit. The main beneficiaries of these policies have been the big property developers-the people closest to Tung. Meanwhile, the government is thinking of reducing its public spending by slashing the education and welfare budgets and imposing a levy on foreign...
...both his arms in its jaws and was dragging him into deep water when Chawinga decided to put up a fight. Make that a bite. He sank his teeth into the croc's nose, forcing the creature to spit him out in pain. Incredibly, Chawinga managed to swim to shore and safety...
...Shore also said the Israeli delegation was particularly important to the conference’s success...
...colleague of mine who was my student at the Kennedy School two years ago worked in disaster relief in Israel,” Shore said. “He spoke with a Spanish delegate who had questions about the smallpox vaccination, and Israel has experience dealing with that. They educated one another,” he said...
...Although Shore said the exact date and location of BioSecurity 2003 have yet to be determined, he hopes the conference will be held in Washington...