Word: strucke
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...wishes was "a caricature." Nonetheless, he conceded: "Perhaps we underestimated the risks of Swissair's strategy." The problem may be systemic. For years, directorships of Belgian state-owned companies have been handed out according to political affiliation, with each major party being represented on boards and a balance being struck between French-speaking and Flemish-speaking directors. "It's our political etiquette," says Gobert, whose Ecolo party is pushing to end the practice. Others say the real problem may lie elsewhere: "As far as the politicians were concerned Sabena had been sold and they weren't interested...
...Kaesong those illuminating monuments to the late "Great Leader" Kim Il Sung. Many city have electricity at certain times of the day. Foreign reporters who visited Shinuiju last month, for the unveiling of a plan to turn it into a free economic zone designed to lure investors, were struck by the contrast with the neighboring Chinese city of Dandong. Dandong at night is a blaze of lights; across the river, Shinuiju is in near-total darkness. Apartment blocks in Pyongyang are lit at night these days, but there are few lights outdoors - except, of course, those illuminating the gigantic statue...
...More than a green light for school vouchers, the verdict affirms the principle of local control; whether vouchers are adopted is now for school boards and state legislatures to decide. For now, this ruling might mean little in states like Michigan and California, whose Supreme Courts have already struck down proposed voucher initiatives, but broadly considered, the ruling brings to the table educational options once stigmatized as unconstitutional. That means greater discussion of other so-called choice-based reforms, like charter schools, inter-district public school choice and tax credits—proposals formerly marginalized for lack of political will...
...that grows out of the particular challenges of a struggling, young democracy that's emerged after 50 years of dictatorship, and that's unique in the region," the No. 2 official at the Pentagon says. "Singapore and Malaysia have very different political systems in which the balance is definitely struck on the side of security...
...this summer, Lannon struck up a conversation with an attractive college student. When the inevitable question arose, Lannon gulped. He fell on a usual tactic. “I go to school in Boston...