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.