Word: compacts
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...Palestinian unity government were to unravel, of course, its demise would would unlikely be mourned in Washington - Secretary Rice has made no secret of the fact that she was disappointed by the compact concluded between Abbas and Hamas in Mecca, under Saudi guidance. But her focus remains on nudging Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Abbas to keep talking. The two have announced plans to meet next week, keeping a commitment both made to Rice when she met with them last month. The Secretary of State hopes that regular contact between the two men will develop sufficient trust to allow...
...standard room and $156 for a slightly larger cabin. While those charges are less than the London average, it's arguable they're still somewhere north of Cheapside. But Woodroffe claims he's giving folks a lot of luxury at those prices, just in a compact package. "Basically, you get everything you'd get in a four-star hotel." And he is planning to eventually offer smaller, more capsule-like economy rooms without a private bath that could be priced at around $50 a night. "They'll be based on the beds they have on rock 'n' roll tour buses...
Organized by Massachusetts Campus Compact, a higher education organization representing 65 college and university presidents in the Bay State, the Massachusetts Carter Partnership Award recognizes successful collaborations between colleges or universities and community groups that work to resolve critical problems within communities...
...that latches onto and coats itself with bits of inorganic materials, including gold and cobalt oxide. That turns each long, tubular virus into what amounts to a minuscule length of wire. Coax these nanowires to line up, and you have the components of a battery that is far more compact and powerful than anything available...
Skocpol was chair of the Task Force on Teaching and Career Development, which recently issued a “Compact to Enhance Teaching and Learning at Harvard.” The report calls for teaching to have “major and equal weight” with research...