Word: actionable
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...also not encouraging. I returned home a week later and heard the Sept. 1 NPR "Talk of the Nation," which discussed the issue for an hour with Patrick Clawson, the director for research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Rania Masri, the coordinator of the Iraq Action Coalition. "Discussed" might be a bit too euphemistic for the polite attempt to maintain any semblance of decorum that ensued. Exchanging charges of American obstinance and anti-Islamic biases with claims of Iraqi corruption and noncompliance, the guests agreed on very little except the dire state of the average Iraqi...
...laughing my socks off this Sunday, as Kordell dries his eyes and gets down to business, and Detmer gets distracted by the age-old conundrum: Why are the Browns? uniforms so darn ugly? Bernie will be there, but he?ll be too far away from the action to do the Browns much good, as the Steelers finish with a comfortable 10-point lead...
...over northwestern Turkey, in the hundreds of square miles savaged by the 7.4-level temblor, people have begun to emerge--slowly, fitfully--from their stupor. Turkish authorities, whose first response was a scandalous paralysis, have moved into action, directing relief where it is needed, working to forestall a second-wave tragedy of infectious disease. Survivors, many of them at first unwilling to budge from outside their fallen homes, hoping to salvage something--if not a loved one, perhaps some hoarded savings--are drifting into tent cities. Amid the uncertainty, both the leaders and the governed seem clear on one thing...
George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees: I love the game the way it is, but the average fan is action oriented and isn't patient enough by nature to understand the true beauty of the game. I don't think it's possible to make chess more action oriented without hurting the very foundation of the game...
...Lasley's action is still unusual, but that may be changing fast. Interest in retirement plans is on the rise among small businesses, largely because of a number of important changes in the business climate. The Federal Government has created a simple retirement plan designed for small businesses, the financial industry has begun to use the Internet to help companies administer their plans, and there is a growing recognition by managers that offering retirement benefits is key to recruiting in a tight labor market...