Word: variant
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...survived into the 21st century too. What's worse, on their voyage into the future Marty and Doc unwittingly provide him with the means to construct a dark alternate history beginning in 1955. Over its course, Biff has managed to turn pleasant little Hill Valley, Calif., into a hellish variant of Las Vegas, with himself as its czar. He has even contrived to make Marty's mother a widow and marry her, turning her into an alcoholic and Marty into an abused stepson...
...world as "radical," while George Bush's favorite word when he talks about foreign policy is prudent. Yet Bush has come a long way in his thinking about the Soviet Union. In a matter of months, his Administration has gone from viewing Gorbachev as a slickly disguised variant of the old red menace to a potential partner in creating a new world order...
Although several systems of voting--including those used in most European countries--are a form of PR, the variant that American cities have historically used is the one Cambridge employs--the single transferable ballot...
...back. The computer displays all the books where the exact word is found, and a simple added command then brings each text to the screen. Taxes turn up but once in the King James, in Daniel 11: 20. A handy extension of this feature can also search for all variant forms, such as taxed or taxation (there are eight...
Adopting a variant of the British exam system would also ensure accountability. At Oxford and Cambridge, students complete a large amount of study without exams and then undergo a comprehensive evaluation at the end of their programs. If Harvard were reluctant to accept foreign exam scores, it might allow students to leave for a year and then take one or two broad exams upon their return...