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But if the fighting in Iran stretches into a second month, heightening financial pressure on U.S. workers, the written and unwritten rules about office attendance could get put to the test.
From MarketWatch
“To deny that only prolongs the situation and puts off any way of reckoning with it. We have to face it in order to understand that it’s within our human nature.”
International organizations work only if member states generally agree on core governing principles and are willing to put their military forces behind such principles.
“I was so excited to have an event where I could finally put on my most Barbie-esque outfits and have an excuse to wear them without looking like a fool,” the 32-year-old from Florida said.
From Los Angeles Times
"I was involved in the launch preparation of the experiments that the astronauts put out on the lunar surface," he explains.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
