Word: use
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...with carrots instead. So says Brent Schulkin, founder of a fledgling movement of activist consumers employing a kind of reverse boycott that he calls a Carrotmob. The concept is simple: instead of steering clear of environmentally backward stores, why not reward businesses with mass purchases if they promise to use some of the money to get greener...
...equal playing field with everybody else. While both Victor and Tammy thought they had a shot at claiming the prize, Tammy said, “I never let myself truly believe that we would win until the very end.” She said that she plans to use her winnings to repay her law school loans. Victor said he hopes to continue with his passion—supporting high school debate. —Staff writer Molly M. Strauss can be reached at mstrauss@fas.harvard.edu
...spurned the calls of congressional Democrats for a "truth commission" to air the Bush Administration's dirty laundry. He and his aides know that letting these issues fester - as they did Thursday over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim that the CIA had lied to her about the use of waterboarding - will consume all the political oxygen he needs for his own agenda...
...think so, do you know why? We have already made it very clear last year when I took office, that I'll have a mainland policy, which is under the framework of our constitution and which is based on three principles: no unification, no independence, and no use of force. By no unification I mean no unification talks with the mainland during my term. The second is no independence. Of course Taiwan has autonomy because we elect our own president, parliament and run our own business, but the independence I talk about is de jure independence...
...reason is to assure the other side, as long as we're not taking a policy to pursue de jure independence - that's a reason for the mainland to use force against us - we will maintain the status quo, which reflects what the mainstream public opinion has been for more than 20 years. That is one of the reasons I was elected last year, unlike my predecessor who opted for a pro-independence policy which caused Taiwan a lot of trouble...