[00:03]inspire

[00:05]Nelson, who flew aboard the shuttle in 1986,

[00:10]is perhaps NASA's most vocal supporter in Congress.

[00:15]He acknowledged that only the president can inspire the nation

[00:19]to support the space program and find the money that

[00:24]the "severely underfunded" agency needs.

[00:30]aspire

[00:32]American no longer expect public figures, whether in speech

[00:36]or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift.

[00:42]Nor do they aspire to such command themselves.

[00:48]concession

[00:51]The normal condition of the Korean truce talks is deadlock.

[00:56]After a major concession by one side or the other,

[01:00]a brief spurt of progress usually follows,

[01:03]and then the deadlock settles down again.

[01:08]succession

[01:10]Schumpeter sympathises with these fears.

[01:14]A succession of studies has shown that three-quarters of

[01:18]mergers and acquisitions fail to produce any benefits for shareholders,

[01:23]and more than half actually destroy shareholder value.

[01:29]comment

[01:31]Depending on the comments received,

[01:33]the editor would accept the paper for publication or decline it.

[01:41]stroke

[01:43]A: Why didn't we see the old man today?

[01:46]B: He got a stroke this morning.