Word: swath
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...National Hurricane Center's website's forecast for this weekend says, "There are no tropical cyclones at this time." Maybe not out in the Atlantic, but there's a Category 3 political tempest raging inside the Hurricane Center's Miami headquarters, where a large swath of the forecasting staff is calling for new director Bill Proenza to be fired. "The effective functioning of the National Hurricane Center is at stake," says a newly released letter, signed by seven forecasters, which also urges the Center's overseer, the Commerce Department, to dismiss Proenza "as quickly as possible...
...report from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, Unregulated Work in the Global City, documents a disturbing pattern of health and safety violations, wage inequities, and other indignities that plague a surprisingly broad swath of low-wage urban laborers. The report highlights a range of dramatic daily violations. And while the Brennan Center focused its research between 2003 and 2006 on New York City specifically, labor experts say the problem manifests itself in cities across the country. The number of federal lawsuits alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act has more than doubled...
...wide swath of the public, worth buying a $10 ticket for. Action movies, and horror movies too, typically attract the young male demographic. Comedies, when they work, appeal to all ages. Knocked Up, a stoner comedy with lots of phallocentric raunch, might have seemed limited to dateless packs of guys; yet its first-week audience charted 57% female and 56% over the age of 30. "One thing marketers have told us," says Tolmach, "is that there's a lack of a generation gap between older teens and their parents in terms of their comic sensibilities...
...nurses and paramedics. But everyone would serve, and the decision to go to war, say, in Iraq would immediately become a personal one for members of the ?lite as well as for professional soldiers. The frustrations of teaching or fighting crime would also become better known to a broader swath of future business leaders. And a history of rigorous public service would become a necessary credential for anyone who wanted to be elected President...
...North America," said Nancy Brown, public outreach officer for the refuge. This rich biodiversity has helped revive little border towns like Roma, a former river steamboat port, whose picturesque 19th century dusty plaza now boasts the World Birding Center. Looking down from the Roma Bluffs towards a large swath of brush near the international bridge, birders can watch four species of birds, including the Audubon oriole and the rare white-collared seedeater, not found elsewhere. Fears that the brush areas may have to be cleared to better secure the border is alarming Valley residents. "The outcry has been universal," Brown...