Word: lengthening
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...construction, and the Federal Highway Administration has calculated that repairs create 9% more jobs per dollar spent. And while repairs eliminate potholes and other problems that cost motorists time and money, new construction tends to produce rural or exurban sprawl roads that promote speculative development, overstretch municipal services, lengthen commutes and increase gasoline consumption and emissions. (See who's who in Obama's White House...
...there is a caveat. Can someone with such a high-intensity game last long enough to break all the records? Tennis players' longevity varies depending on their style of play. As points and matches lengthen, careers often shorten. Nadal and his coterie of physical trainers know that the flip side of his heavy topspin is that it forces him to engage in bruising rallies. His muscle-bound physique - which Nadal says is down to genes rather than weight-lifting - adds an extra burden: the explosive forces those muscles generate put his body under increased strain...
...bailout funding approved recently by Congress and would draw on new loan-guarantee authority passed under the bill. The Federal Government would guarantee loans readjusted for homeowners who can show annual income worth 38% of the debt on their house. Under the plan, lenders would be encouraged to lengthen loan terms and make other adjustments in order to lower monthly payments to help borrowers keep their homes...
...among early voters. What's more, the number of early voters could approach 30% of all of Florida's 11.2 million registered voters by the actual Nov. 4 Election Day. That massive turnout prompted Florida's GOP governor, Charlie Crist, to flash his bipartisan bona fides this week and lengthen early voting on weekdays by four hours (while letting each county decide whether to lengthen the normal hours this weekend...
...gave them language that we think can resolve this issue. Basically, it requires these mortgage holders, primarly the banks, to do the work we've asked them to do. And we think, with that, we might be able to put this behind us. Now, will it lengthen the foreclosure process for the banks? Yeah, it could. But my goal here is not to ensure all the banks are taken care of around-the-clock no matter who's expense. The goal here is to ensure that justice is being done. We need to get this right, and until...