Word: sustainibility
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...presidency. Breaking with protocol that usually prevents the Pope from addressing heads of state before they take office, Benedict sent a congratulatory telegram to Obama the day after the November election. The Pope noted the "historic" nature of the victory and said he would pray that God would "sustain you and the beloved American people in your efforts to build a world of peace, solidarity and justice." The two spoke directly less than a week later, and the Pope sent yet another telegram on Jan. 20 when Obama was inaugurated...
...joint venture with India's giant Tata conglomerate, while France's Carrefour is said to be in talks with Reliance - Jain says Wal-Mart is in no hurry to unfurl the Wal-Mart flag nationally. "The easiest thing is to roll out stores, but the most difficult is to sustain and feed them," he says...
...should have happened at Cutler’s mansion.Meanwhile, characters are self-consciously shaking the foundations of their lives. When Inman runs into Conor outside Cutler’s home, it gives him the opportunity to start up an affair with former girlfriend Kathryn. Angela struggles to both sustain a relationship and keep a straight face in her creative nonfiction class, where she must hide her connection to Stuart. Walt Steckl wonders how to keep his recent trip to the courtroom from his dutiful and principled daughter. Each navigates his or her daily life with a hyperawareness of the eyes...
...more bluntly, Harvard has the largest university endowment in the world, and it should not be afraid of using this capital to sustain itself during the current recession. Perhaps the deans and the Corporation should release more endowment money to schools like FAS in order to ensure that budget cuts can be made without layoffs. Right now, the FAS budget deficit of $220 million comes directly from an eight percent decrease in endowment money being funneled into FAS. Although it would be unsustainable over the long term, Harvard could dip further into its endowment over the next year...
Unlike conventional anesthetics, which often cause toxicity to surrounding tissues, impeding the development of slow-release anesthetic systems, the sustained release formulation containing saxitoxin resulted in very high local concentration—“the rat’s leg fell asleep”, said Kohane—but surrounding tissue did not sustain damage...