Word: overlapping
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This emphasis on the strict separation of church and state, while perhaps justifiable given our nation's religious pluralism and respect for minority rights, nevertheless has some unfortunate consequences. It denies us all of the benefits that come from having some overlap between religion and the state. Religion has long been a source of social stability and unity. School prayer has been shown to make students more focused and better behaved. The benefits of having a less aggressively strict construction of church-state separation would be enjoyed not just be religious individuals, but by society as a whole...
...trouble begins when those deal-maker roles overlap--when D'Amato collects money from those who stand to gain from his legislation. As chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, he has been pushing the interests of the major banks and brokerages that have poured at least $1.5 million into his campaigns over the years. He has already won passage of a bill that makes it harder for investors to sue fraudulent brokers. (His closest aide, Michael Kinsella, is a former lobbyist for the Securities Industry Association and an active fund raiser.) And he is pushing ahead with the most sweeping...
Einstein argued that as atoms approach absolute zero (-459.67 degrees F), the waves expand and finally overlap; the atoms merge into a single "quantum state." It's extraordinarily difficult to get them to 180 billionths of a degree above absolute zero, though -- the point at which the merging occurs. Thus the Boulder group's feat was a technical as well as a scientific...
...think over the last several years, thatoffice and PBH have worked very carefully andclosely together to eliminate overlap andduplication," Duehay said. "The Maull-Lewis reportassumed that duplication was still there, and Idon't think...
...overlap between the academic and personaladvisory roles appears to be a central issue. theUniversity hires groups of tutors to provideacademic advice in each house, but rarely requestsa counseling background. Nelson said it is notusual for tutors to have counseling experience...