dilemma
The ruling could lead to billions of dollars
in other legal action from storm victims,
but it also leaves regional leaders with a dilemma…
dioxide
…Each fat person supposedly adds an extra ton
of carbon dioxide every year because of respiration,
and because of the carbon costs of raising
and transporting the extra food he or she devours
diploma
You can't just have a diploma and six months
of on-the-job training, and expect to get wages
and benefits equivalent to $18 or $30 an hour.
dubious
DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton said his boss
is dubious about Southers' sincerity,
largely because Obama already is on record as
favoring expanding union rights for TSA workers.
duplicate
Some senators of both parties, however,
say they're concerned that the advisers add to
the government bureaucracy, duplicate work being done
at departments and blur the lines of authority
with other top officials.
hectare
Universal Studios theme park is expected to open
in the coming weeks on the sprawling 49-hectare complex
on Sentosa, an island a quarter
of a mile off Singapore's coast.
hemisphere
It would be nice to attach your company's name
to the tallest building in the western hemisphere,
especially when the building's namesake
hasn't occupied the space for more than 17 years.
millennium
U.N. Millennium Development Goals, which aim to
halve of the number of those living
in hunger and poverty by 2015
breakthrough
What accounts for the great outburst
of major inventions in early America -- breakthroughs
such as the telegraph,
the steamboat and the weaving machine?