Word: possession
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...Iceland, noted in an interview on Russian television. More likely, this act of benevolence is being viewed as a way for Russia to help secure a bridgehead for an advance into the Arctic regions to claim the vast hydrocarbon and other mineral deposits there. Iceland also happens to possess a once vital NATO base, which has been in mothballs since 2006, and the Russians may be eyeing that as well...
McCain, John •announcement of intent to Swiftboat Obama is for some bizarre reason made by campaign of •Blitzer discerns "some disdain" for Obama by •claims to possess the necessary knowledge to solve all of the nation's major problems •erratic aviation record of •fellow citizens of are addressed as "fellow prisoners" of by •frightening noise is emitted by •Obama's "touchiness" and proclivity for "angry insults" are cited without any sense of irony by •Obama is contemptuously referred to as "that one" by •Obama's support for overhead planetarium projector...
...turnovers and was lucky to escape 1-1 in its first two games of the season turned things around with a solid, turnover-free performance that included its most balanced attack of the year. The bulk of the turnaround came from Harvard’s ability to protect and possess the football. After an abysmal deficit in possession time last weekend against Brown, the Crimson seemed to move the ball at will, holding the football for over nine minutes in multiple quarters. “I don’t think anyone in America works more on ball security than...
...proficiency and drive simply by generating the grades and scores necessary to gain admission and completing the coursework while there. Law students are admitted as adults, not naïve adolescents, and their past records speak volumes to their capabilities. The answer to the question of which graduates possess basic competence is simple: they all do. In this rarefied context, the need for quantitative grades on a 4.0 GPA scale is simply lacking. As a professional school, HLS exists in large part to prepare students for careers in law. A pass/fail grading system is more in line with this mission...
...Several Chinese dairies are suspected of negligence in allowing the distribution of tainted milk products. But investigators trying to find the actual source of the contamination have targeted distributors who buy milk from farmers and sell to the big dairies. These middlemen are likely to possess the technology necessary to adulterate raw milk. Police in central Hebei province have arrested 18 suspects, including two brothers who ran a milk collection station, the state-run Xinhua News Service reported...