Word: spurs
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...Chirac presidency will also be recalled as attentive to less powerful nations, embracing France's traditional pro-Arab policies in order to offset what many in the Middle East see as the carte blanche given Israel by Washington, and also promoting debt forgiveness in order to spur development. He has also emphasized the responsibility of the industrialized world to take the lead in combating the environmental crises whose greatest impact is on the poorest nations. Says Reyni?, the sum of Chirac's foreign policy reflected a world-view "that stresses multilateralism, and supports cultural diversity as a manner of both...
Providing more choices is paying dividends for New York. In the past three years, the city has raised its on-time graduation rate from 44% to 50%, though how states measure such figures continues to spur debate. Five- and six-year graduation rates are also up. "We think it's powerfully important to increase all these rates," says Klein. "It may take a kid a couple of years longer, but if the kid gets the diploma, the economic consequences are huge...
...That's where Oldboy and the Tarantino oeuvre part company. The Korean movie proposes that guilt, not vengeance, can be the spur to a man's darkest deeds. The film's big set pieces - the devouring of a live octopus, a tongue removal without benefit of anesthetic, even a bout of lovemaking - are essentially acts of self-mutilation, in a world where original sin blots out the sunlight of redemption. Oh essentially takes the major blame for all the awful things that have happened to him. And when he finally faces his captor, he goes medieval on himself: ripping...
...That's where Oldboy and the Tarantino oeuvre part company. The Korean movie proposes that guilt, not vengeance, can be the spur to a man's darkest deeds. The film's big set pieces - the devouring of a live octopus, a tongue removal without benefit of anesthetic, even a bout of lovemaking - are essentially acts of self-mutilation, in a world where Original Sin blots out the sunlight of redemption. Oh essentially takes the major blame for all the awful things that have happened to him. And when he finally faces his captor, he goes medieval on himself: ripping...
...Jeopardy!” College Championship, vying for a $100,000 top prize, Sony Pictures Television announced Wednesday. Grand, who will head to the University of Southern California to compete on April 21 and 22, said her choice to audition for the show last year was a spur-of-the-moment decision. “I was in Chicago for a high school quiz bowl tournament, and the ‘Jeopardy!’ tryouts were there,” she said. “It was kind of spontaneous—everyone on my team tried...