solitary

Through his months in solitary confinement,

he had never once been allowed to see a lawyer,

although he was pushed in front of

government television cameras to confess

that he had inadvertently

helped to promote a "velvet revolution" .

sole

In Mr. Obama's second year it will become increasingly

clear to people at home that America risks

losing its status as the world's sole superpower

and undisputed top nation

as its relative economic power wanes.

solo

One Thanksgiving in my 20s, I had a mountain of work

to do and decided to take advantage of

the long weekend by spending it solo,

forgoing the enormous feast I always made for friends.

geometry

"In other words, to put it into Euclid,

or old-fashioned plane geometry,

a straight line is not the shortest distance

between two points," says Charles Wallace.

geophysical

The significance of hot spots is not confined to

their role as a frame of reference.

It now appears that they also have an important influence

on the geophysical processes that propel the plates

across the globe.

humiliate

Konrad Adenauer has always treated his Cabinet ministers

as juniors, allowed to walk

only in the stern paternal grip of himself.

He has not hesitated to humiliate them in public

when he thought it necessary to teach a lesson.

terrestrial

Over millions of years the planet

has perfected a process of capturing

and sequestering carbon.

The world's protected areas,

which cover roughly 11 percent of

the planet's terrestrial surface,

capture 15 percent of the world's carbon.

whereas

A: Some people like fatty meat, whereas others hate it.

B: People's interests are different.