Word: uppers
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...Senate Banking Committee, he answered the questions he could easily answer with brisk clarity and deflected the ones he couldn't with aplomb. ("I understand what you're asking," he said with the faintest hint of a smile when Montana Democrat Jon Tester wanted to know what was the upper limit of money the government would put into a troubled bank, "but I just want to be careful in responding...
...Most parties to the abortion debate, regardless of their views on its legality, want to see abortion become increasingly rare. Rather than embracing a policy that tried to do just that, Obama has given the upper hand to a tired but still dangerous agenda...
...community itself,” Aguilera said. Childs said he sees the incident as just one example of increasing intolerance, especially after the passage of Proposition 8 in Calif. “We’re a membership of mostly immigrants, mostly women, mostly people of color, and as upper management likes to say, ‘the lowest on the totem pole,’” Childs said. “If they can beat up on us, it leaves the door open to beat up on anybody.” —Staff writer Danielle...
...Otriad in a beautiful forest—a place that is far from the war, with the potential for recreating lives. This uplifting environment creates a setting for possibility. It is a place where each and every person must work to regain what they once had; intellectuals, accountants, and upper-class snobs are remodeled as farmers, hunters, builders, and fighters. Surrendering to weakness—cold, starvation, or sickness—is simply not an option. The suffering and loss of the refugees are not necessarily poorly presented onscreen, but “Defiance” is ultimately the tale...
...Itskhoki, the Economics Ph.D. student, said that despite the cuts Harvard might have the upper hand in the long-run, foregoing aggressive hiring now while assuming that it can poach the best young talent later...