Word: turning
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...local government tentatively plans to turn the remains of the city into a memorial park. Zhang now heads the Beichuan department of commerce, working to attract new businesses and industrial development. But the strain on him and other local bureaucrats is severe. A quarter of government officials died in the quake. Zhang says his job keeps him from remembering what happened to his wife and daughter. "When I'm buried in my work, I think they are still alive," he says. "But when I look up and see that drawing, I remember they...
Other clashes will turn on personality and style. Conservatives will say McCain's moderate record cost him votes. Moderates will say he ran too far to the right--and erred by picking Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Palin has vocal defenders who think that she helped the ticket and should run for President herself in 2012. In Congress, some Republicans will want to cooperate with President-elect Barack Obama, heeding the voters' desire for bipartisanship. Others will seek to draw a clear contrast between their ideas...
...president, Silverman focuses on both baseball operations and the organization’s marketing and finances, with the latter occupying about two-thirds of his time. At this point in the off-season, he is planning promotions and capital investments for next year. In April, he will turn to “execution” of the organization’s plans and begin traveling with the team...
...race for president of Phillips Brooks House Association, the venerable community service giant, took an unexpected turn last week after the losing candidate contested the results...
...says.On the other side of the ball, sophomore quarterback Brook Hart took over the starting job four games ago and has been fairly consistent, but the effectiveness of the passing attack pales in comparison to the run game.Although senior running back Mike McLeod’s play took a turn for the worse to start the fall, Yale has continued to give him the ball, and his play has steadily improved. The senior ran for a season-high 138 yards last week, and so clamping down on the run game will remain Harvard’s main defensive focus...