junction

The city is an important railroad junction and industrial

and convention center.

marital

She declined to discuss the couple's marital status

or what would happen next for them, saying: ''

If somebody has a crystal ball, they can let me know.''

prestige

Lacking the charisma, religious rank and founding-father

prestige of his predecessor,

he sought to bolster his authority

by supporting radical Islamic causes

and appearing as the avuncular head of the Iranian family.

sociable

Students who had held the hot cup

saw the person as more generous,

sociable and good-natured than those

who had held the cold cup - all traits

that psychologists consider part of a "warm" personality,

the researchers report in Friday's edition

of the journal Science.

directory

Hence Buckley's quip in the early 1960s:

"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States

to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone

directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."

doctrine

"Instead of the quiet acceptance of doctrine

and tradition witnessed in the case of most other armies,"

the authors write, "growth of the Israeli army

has been marked by a turmoil of innovation,

controversy, and debate."

tutor

The children's secretary, Ed Balls,

has ordered an urgent inquiry into

whether Sunday school teachers

and private tutors should be allowed to smack their pupils.