Word: accomplish
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...million this year-that Congress appropriates to the Air Force to maintain a fleet of 17 planes for official Government travel. On these military transports, spouses can travel free when space is available. Other abuses, says Congress Watch, include taking far more members and staff than are necessary to accomplish the stated purpose of a trip, lavish use of "food and refreshment" money supplied by military escorts and embassy personnel to the delegations, and excessive travel by lame-duck members...
...Dukakis observed that Bush and Greenspan did not seem to be living "in the same economic world." Eleven Democratic Governors signed a letter to the Vice President that complained,"We are weary of self-serving statements calling for reduced spending and taxes without public-serving statements of how to accomplish such things...
...twelve months old. "Whenever we notice that the baby has put on an emotional expression that the mother has seen, we look at how she responded to it," says Stern. "Then we ask her why she did it, what she thought the baby was feeling, what she expected to accomplish, and whether she knew what she was doing at the time." His preliminary findings: about one-third of the mothers were fully aware of what Stern calls the attunement with their infants, another third were quite unaware of it, and the rest were essentially unaware but could recall it when...
...Administration merits criticism for its uncoordinated policy, Congress deserves a full share too. It often seems to be demanding a strategy that runs no risk of war and involves no application of U.S. military power whatever, yet will accomplish goals that need a degree of force or intimidation to achieve. Military aid to friends in Central America, as well as the implicit threat of direct U.S. military intervention, give spine to American diplomatic and economic initiatives. By cutting even the modest aid requests that the Administration has made, Congress runs a risk of pushing American policy into the trap warned...
...technical negotiations were easy. After years of erratic policies and irregular trade, the U.S. team was eager to strike a deal. Said one Department of Agriculture official: "The most important thing is to get a new agreement, to keep trading, to keep the doors open." The new accord should accomplish that...