[00:00]heighten
[00:02]Steroids and other supplements are often administered
[00:06]to the birds to heighten their aggression. They often have
[00:11]sharpened metal knives strapped to their legs to ensure
[00:14]that fights end in the death of one or both animals.
[00:19]threaten
[00:21]Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out
[00:24]their worst accounting and compliance troubles,... a new
[00:27]problem threatens to earn them - especially in America
[00:31]- the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads
[00:34]rolling in the executive suite: data insecurity.
[00:40]amplify
[00:42]So it falls to Push and Martin to remind us all what
[00:46]the conference is really all about. "I've seen so much
[00:50]suffering," says Krishnamurthy. "This is a way to try to
[00:54]amplify those voices, from the mountains of Papua to the
[00:58]wetlands of Bangladesh."
[01:01]authorize
[01:03]The council voted 49-0 to authorize Mayor Richard
[01:08]Daley to sign the International Olympic Committee's
[01:12]host city contract that puts taxpayers on the hook for the
[01:16]Olympics and a proposed $4.8 billion operating budget.
[01:23]characterize
[01:25]The financing of young and restructuring firms is a
[01:28]risky business. Uncertainty and gaps in information often
[01:33]characterize these firms, particularly in high-technology industries.
[01:39]civilize
[01:40]Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn exemplified American
[01:45]anti-intellectualism. Its hero avoids being civilized -
[01:50]going to school and learning to read - so he can preserve
[01:54]his innate goodness.
[01:57]clarify
[01:58]Remember that your initial draft is only that. You
[02:02]should go through the paper many times - and then
[02:05]again - working to substantiate and clarify your ideas.
[02:11]haul
[02:12]They've kept it frozen for more than a year inside a
[02:15]walk-in freezer ever since a commercial fishing crew
[02:19]hauled it up from the chilly depths of the Antarctic last
[02:23]January …