Word: unforeseens
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...changes work in practice. That's another lesson the mountains taught him. "You learn very early on that you're better off working in a team," Brabeck says. "It's how you'll survive. There's nothing worse than having a weak team on the mountain." That, and unforeseen bad weather...
...master plan is quickly adopted on a global scale, the world can safely cope with a peak in oil production and create a more sustainable and enjoyable economy at the same time. If we ignore these changes and peak oil does occur, the unforeseen consequences could create a far darker world...
...example, to name Li Keqiang, his favored candidate, as sole successor. Indeed, Li trailed Xi onto the podium Monday, confirming a belief among analysts that, for the moment at least, Xi has a slight edge in the race to lead China. (If previous practice is followed and no unforeseen events intervene, Xi will succeed Hu at the 18th Party Congress in 2012, while Li will take over as Premier.) Hu also lost the services of the formidable Vice Premier Wu Yi, who fronts China's critical trade negotiations. Wu, 68, was forced to step down because of the same informal...
Things can fall apart at Harvard. Perhaps you miss a few exams, do poorly on a paper, or run into other unforeseen problems. The paths to perdition are many, but they all lead to the same place: the infamous Administrative Board of Harvard College (Ad Board).Thankfully, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 recently told The Crimson that he hopes to convene a committee to reevaluate the Ad Board and its practices in the near future. We applaud this effort to look at ways to reform the Ad Board, and we hope that the review...
...effort to shoot it down, still wields on Capitol Hill. To some legislators, special interest groups are apparently more important than the good of elderly Americans. Since Medicare recipients are such an enormous group of customers, we understand that the repeal might impact the pharmaceutical market in unforeseen ways, especially with respect to incentives for developing new or unique drugs. Nevertheless, pharmaceutical monopolies that are not counterbalanced by bargaining on the part of large purchasers cost consumers dearly. By allotting Medicare the right to negotiate drug prices on behalf of consumers, the federal government can reduce the power of drug...