Word: spectrum
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...with the Iraq's government gearing up to take the reins militarily in 2009, Iraqi officials across the political spectrum are seeing the glass as half full. "I assure you this number will drop sharply the moment the Americans withdraw their troops. That also goes for violence in general," says Ahmed Hassan al-Massoudi, a member of parliament aligned with radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. "I don't think 9,000 is a reason to worry, because you can see these numbers in other civilized countries," says Ahmed Bassam Mohammed, a police lieutenant and former member...
...centuries. So this idea that a certain kind of sexual deviance or violent behavior defines black culture has had a huge market in commercial mainstream culture for at least 200 years. Also, sexist images, which hip-hop has a lot of, seem to do very well across the cultural spectrum. So sexuality and sexual domination sell. Racial stereotypes sell. The market is more consolidated, which makes it easier for those images to perpetuate themselves...
...questionnaire, which was given earlier this month with results released Wednesday, allowed students to rank various aspects of their dining experiences on a spectrum of relative importance. As past surveys have found, students’ foremost concerns remained related to food and hygiene, with 96 percent of respondents citing the taste of the food as very important, followed by its freshness (86 percent), and the cleanliness of plates and utensils (81 percent). However, only 42 percent of students called the sustainability of their food very or somewhat important, indicative of what Dining Services’ Executive Director Ted A. Mayer...
...every state in the US is wise enough to give its governor sole responsibility for appointing a new senator when one steps down. And few states can boast such a formidable Democratic Party machine, which undoubtedly makes things easier for those on the blue side of the spectrum to take some real American liberties with their position. We thank Gov. Blagojevich, his wife, and his advisers for contributing to a splendid heritage, one of which all Illinoisans may feel justly proud...
...apply to more seminars.Another idea on the table, also proposed by Naddaff, is that students who applied and were rejected in the fall receive first priority in the spring.Though the program’s traditional base in the humanities and social sciences has been expanded to include the full spectrum of disciplines, merely scaling up the number of course offerings to accommodate more applicants has not remedied the problem. This counterintuitive result stems from the skewed distribution of applications for the most popular seminars, often as a product of the high-profile names of their instructors. The 20 most sought...