Word: setup
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...have been there during, and hence implicated in, this possible-rape, but either way there's a video of the whole scene, and a mysterious organization is using it to blackmail Kyle into stealing the secrets of the corporations he is supposedly defending. The setup is not worlds away from The Firm, except this time it's the associate himself who's mixed up with the baddies. The firm is just along for the ride...
Grameen's approach is different, since unlike most U.S. microfinanciers, it uses the group-lending model. Costs are kept down by having borrowers vet one another, tying together their financial fates and eliminating expensive loan officers entirely. Whether that setup will eventually allow Grameen to stand on its own two legs is a huge question mark...
...three goals and four assists were contributed by different players. “You want to have that balance within your lines,” Stone said. Using this balance, Harvard tacked on a third goal with four minutes remaining in the final period in a setup similar to that which earned the Crimson its first tally. Instead of Kessler and Ryabkina, though, it was sophomore Amy Uber’s and junior Anna McDonald’s assists that allowed junior Randi Griffin to earn her first goal of the season and increase her team’s lead...
...standard setup of a study abroad program, a student lives either with other students or with a host family. Arrangements skew towards the former; in 21 of the 26 Harvard Summer School Programs for 2009, participants will live with other students either in dorms or in a hotel. Students mostly attend classes at a local university. In this setup it is hard to get maximum exposure to another culture. Students tend to become friends with the people they associate with the most: their classmates and housemates. These are usually other Americans or foreigners who can speak English and are familiar...
...mockumentary” that follows life at a public high school in Australia by means of three characters: Mr. G, the school’s drama teacher; Jonah, a Tongan troublemaker; and Ja’mie, an exchange student from an all-girl private school. The setup sounds familiar, but all three characters are played by the same guy, Chris Lilley, who also writes the entire show.Lilley’s chameleon-like ability as a character actor is unmatched even by greats like Mike Meyers, and to say his roles are “well researched?...