Word: tensing
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On May 8, 2002, Clayton Lamar (Lanny) Young Jr., a lobbyist and landfill developer described by acquaintances as a hard-drinking "good ole boy," was in an expansive mood. In the downtown offices of the U.S. Attorney in Montgomery, Ala., Young settled into his chair, personal lawyer at his side...
When it comes to the standardized college admissions tests like the SAT and ACT, there’s a lot to gripe about. Beyond bringing additional stress to the admissions process, it is unclear that standardized tests are really fair or measure actual aptitude. Indeed, studies have shown that standardized...
Many American and European holders of tens of billions of dollars in Argentine debt are still insisting on restructuring terms that leave them with less heavy losses. Our restructuring plan isn't something capricious. In fact, it's based on economic and, more important, capitalist rationality, because we've determined...
The cinnamon-hued robes of Burma's Buddhist monks usually evoke spiritual serenity. Yet for the repressive junta that has ruled for 45 years, the sight of shaven-headed clerics marching the streets has been anything but soothing. For more than a week, tens of thousands of monks have rallied...
That description could also fit Fernàndez and her husband Néstor Kirchner. Both cut their political teeth not amid the upper crust of Buenos Aires but in his home province of Santa Cruz, in the country's Patagonian south. When they moved to the capital, she was already...