Word: accomplishing
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...benefits and drawbacks of many programs in PBHA is the nature of the time commitment. If you are a volunteer, it is easy to assume that working in a program that requires only two or three hours each week may not accomplish much in the larger scope of things. And if you are not involved in PBHA, it is equally easy to assume that volunteers in a program that requires only two or three hours a week are participating so they can pat themselves on the back for being socially aware...
...veteran of the Army Special Forces, Kleschen is using all his military bravery to run as a Republican in Democratic-leaning Seattle. He wants to accomplish three things: first, develop a plan to balance the budget; second, cover as many people as possible with affordable private-sector health insurance; and third, promote local goods and services to the rest of the country and the world...
Impatience, I believe, would make for a much better virtue. I am not a victim of the destruction of our American moral fabric. I have simply concluded that impatience affords one a far greater amount of time in which to accomplish both the trivial and the significant...
...Almost to a man (and they are all men), those in line to take the jobs represent the most liberal, activist core of the Democratic membership. But they too say they got the message of the 1994 elections. "The goal is not just to have a program but to accomplish the goals that a program is supposed to achieve," says California's Henry Waxman, whose seniority would give him a choice of several committee or subcommittee posts. "The Democratic chairmen were just too wedded to their programs." It is a remarkable statement from a lawmaker who, as chairman...
...invasion, this did not look like the prelude to it. Within half an hour of the submarine's discovery, a platoon of soldiers was guarding the wreck. Navy special forces found a machine gun, a rifle, ammunition and 100 grenades aboard, along with a note that read, "We must accomplish the mission without fail." Two hours later, the Defense Ministry declared a full combat alert and launched the hunt. Tens of thousands of troops, police and reservists ringed an area 30 miles in radius and began a sweep through the rugged valleys...