Word: steers
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...feel of those footloose days, and you've got carpool duty for Little League this Saturday. The Element is selling nicely--but to folks whose average age is 42. And, of course, once 21-year-olds see boomers behind the wheel of a new car, they're likely to steer right...
...especially the young, so the issue has become less about taste than national pride. "We don't want to be told what to do," says Takanori Nagatomo, chief of the Whaling Section of the Fisheries Agency. Until the whole country decides to go whaleless, Shamu would be wise to steer clear of Japan...
...They also shelled out $4 billion in remittance fees, or about 12.5% of the money they sent--nearly 50% more than what Turks pay to wire funds from Germany or Filipinos pay to send money from the Persian Gulf. Latin American migrant workers pay more because they tend to steer clear of banks in their home countries as well as abroad. In Mexico, for example, only 1 in 5 citizens has a bank account. Unstable local currencies don't help matters, nor does the memory of mid-century bracero contracts, which temporarily withheld 10% of the wages of Mexican guest...
...life in the wake of the attack, clearing a major legislative hurdle last week. Even before the bombings, expected advances by Morocco's two Islamic parties led the government to postpone nationwide local elections slated for June. Moroccan democracy might be further undermined if foreign tourists and investors steer clear of the country and deprive it of resources needed to battle poverty. That "would have dire consequences for everyone," warns André Azoulay, an adviser to Mohammed VI. "It would demonstrate that Western examples of democracy, plurality and economic modernity couldn't be applied to the world's most progressive...
...Rockwell says he’s careful to consider how incorporating the arts into Harvard’s undergraduate curriculum might change the character of art production and its quality. He worries that increasing the arts component of the curriculum might steer students away from meaningful and exciting extracurricular activities. And there are practical difficulties in changing the curriculum—like recruiting world-class professionals to serve on the faculty...