Word: establish
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...little boat are "extraordinarily difficult" to stop, does this mean he would be easily stumped by the tactics of an enemy submarine, an underwater demolition team or, heaven forbid, another warship? What does the admiral have to say about using a military attache with a cell phone to establish communications from the Cole after the blast? How did we end up with a U.S. warship that could not transmit an SOS! This is where unbelievable runs into inexcusable, which is really scary, because who knows the extent of our Navy's unreadiness? BRADFORD J. KEENE Redondo Beach, Calif...
...come out and just establish the run," Clare says. "We've got to control the line like we've done the last couple of games...
...Harvard undergraduate community is meant to represent a microcosm of today's world. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions has done much to make our collective student body span across religious, ethnic, class and geographic lines with acknowledged diversity. But if we were to examine the "families" that we establish for ourselves here at Harvard, by means of our friendships, our romantic relationships and even our blocking groups, it would become glaringly obvious that we don't branch out much from that with which we are most familiar...
...willing to be seen in public with their parents?" Given genetic predisposition, I expect my kids to develop a powerful aversion to any setting that smacks of a setup for a formal "talk." (I'm creeped out just imagining it, and I'm the parent.) Try informal chats to establish a connection, Wolvin suggests. Even the instant messages my daughter routinely sends ("hey mom how r u, school was good, g2g") can create a rapport that could prove useful during more, uh, delicate face-to-face conversations...
...plan combines most existing federal funds for professional development and class-size reduction into a flexible new fund for teacher training and recruitment, and he adds $400 million a year in new money. Bush would allow states to spend the funds as they see fit--so long as they establish teacher-accountability systems. This is similar to what Ronald Reagan did in the 1980s. But then, says Emily Feistritzer, president of the Center for Education Information, "the money disappeared." Under Bush's plan, she says, "I worry that the money won't go where it's intended to once...