Word: swallower
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...Pyongyang). Among the steps Pyongyang urgently needs to take now, Noland and others believe, are to conclude negotiations for expanded aid from the World Food Program. (Pyongyang sharply curtailed the activities of the organization following a rare bumper crop in the North three years ago.) Kim also has to swallow his pride and ask the South to restart the flow of food assistance to the North...
...among us). That megalomaniacal rush, that untouchable feeling of self-worth, has vanished. Perhaps it’s tainted, diminished, or even forgotten. Harvard students have been accustomed to being the best, so some might regard that relegation to a mere dorm porter to be a tough pill to swallow...
...Military commanders in the region foresee more attacks in Afghanistan if negotiations succeed. Nearly 100,000 Pakistani troops have been deployed to the border regions, and they have suffered significant losses, leaving the government without the strength to insist on not talking. "We will have to swallow the consequences of [the Pakistan army's] incapacity for the next two or three years," says one NATO official in Afghanistan. "Which means the potential for terrorism increases over here...
...year pirates attacked 269 ships, took nearly 300 hostages and killed five people. That represents a 10% increase over the previous year, and it's probably only the half of it, given International Maritime Bureau estimates that an equal number of attacks go unreported. Shipping companies often prefer to swallow their losses than to risk losing customers or insurance rate hikes...
...Nakayama is the Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. Nancy Kanwisher is the Swallow Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences...