Word: concern
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...choose individuals, not colleges," he said. "Essential prerequisites include high academic excellence and other qualities such as leadership, vigor and concern for others...
...from videotapes he kept during his rule. "They would fill up this hotel room," he said. "Everything that happened for 10 years, I have." He did say he was proud of what he had accomplished in Peru--and part of the reason he was leaving now was out of concern that his presence could somehow hurt the struggling country. "I don't want what I achieved, for example, the economic stability, to be lost." If that stability remains, it may be a tribute to his rule. But at this point it is most likely he will be remembered...
...Another concern for Rehnquist et al. is the time. Sure it's late. And no wonder the Florida Supreme Court still hasn't bothered to explain to SCOTUS its first crack at this thing - it was a sloppy activist compromise that only served to waste three weeks of national time. The high court of which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sounded so enamored Monday could have done the legally simpler thing on Nov. 17: Allow Katherine Harris her first certification and allow Gore his de novo contest on Nov. 18. And give Florida's 67 canvassing boards three weeks instead...
...size), and the summit also indicated that the door will be open to some of them as early as 2003. Among the current member states, some of the smaller nations were happy at holding back the designs on greater power of some of the larger ones, while others were concerned about expanding the Union while its decision-making remains so unwieldy. Britain was happy to retain the veto principle of policy areas it holds dear, while Germany managed to advance its agenda for reducing the scope of veto, and also managed to win agreement on the need for further talks...
...across the West Bank, renders extremely unlikely the prospect of a peace deal before election day. Instead, Barak will likely seek to underline his credentials as a military man who can maintain the tough posture Israeli voters desire even as he seeks a peace agreement. Voters have shown growing concern over the fact that their vaunted security forces appear to have been unable to respond decisively to the intifada, and their rising fear and despair has counted against Barak'S chances of reelection until now. But Barak showed Saturday that he clearly has a reelection plan, and canny observers...