Word: broking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...tried to negotiate guarantees that Iran's nuclear program could never be shifted to weapons production--an effort that the U.S. backed after initial hesitation. But those talks collapsed in January when Iran refused to abandon its insistence that it retain the rights to proceed with enrichment. The Iranians broke the seals on their most sensitive equipment and vowed to press ahead. According to diplomats and U.S. officials, experts from the IAEA have reported that Iran is on the verge of assembling and operating a 164-centrifuge cascade, machinery that has peaceful applications but can also eventually be used...
...Gandhi remains leader of the Congress Party and the ruling Congress-led coalition, but stepped down as MP for the northern Indian district of Rae Bareli on Thursday to deflect opposition allegations that her chairmanship of a government think-tank broke parliamentary conflict-of-interest rules. Singh, meanwhile, is an unelected economist appointed by Gandhi herself almost two years ago after she recorded a surprise win in India's general election but declined the top job because of nationalist protests against her immigrant roots...
Chaos once again broke out in the realm of academia last month after Science, a leading scientific journal, refused to publish an article that dismissed the theory of psychological equivalence between men and women. Peter A. Lawrence, a biologist and fellow of the Royal Society, authored the controversial article, arguing the hardly astonishing point that “men and women are born different.” Big mistake...
...Three months after the New York Times broke the story outlining the program, it now appears that Democrats aren't unhappy about what Bush did; they just don't like the way he did it. Even Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, who proposed to censure the President for his handling of the matter - and generated some unhappiness in his own party for doing so - has so far stopped short of saying the program should be eliminated...
...Fitzsimmons. Would it hurt, really, to give Joey’s application a second look? Just asking.” These words, uttered by Bob Costas as the Olympics came to a close, epitomize the general media sentiment concerning Joey Cheek and his application to Harvard. Since the news broke in the weeks preceding the 2006 Winter Games, there is nary a newspaper or radio station that hasn’t tried to squeeze an interview out of the recently retired speedskater.And from all the anti-Harvard news that has been generated by writers and talk show hosts around...