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...Chertoff, 51, has started off with big ambitions, general and specific both. He's ordered a full-scale, 60- to 90-day review of the Department of Homeland Security. He says he plans to define its mission then adjust its operations accordingly, without regard for the existing structure. That would represent a break from the slow, evolutionary change that is the norm among Washington bureaucracies. Getting particular, Chertoff wants to bring common sense to three areas: how to spend homeland security money so it's concentrated on places terrorists are most likely to hit instead of all across the country...
Peterson says the belief that the district will suffer disproportionate losses is based on the false assumption that the school cannot adjust its expenditures to reflect the changing number of students in the district...
...Overall I think we adjusted well to the pool’s dynamics. Lydia made a great effort to adjust to defending a cage in shallow water,” Mehaffey said...
...Summers does adjust his ways in wake of the recent crisis, precedent seems to suggest that the media may not take very much notice. After all, as dramatic as his development was said to be at the Treasury, his reputation was thrown right back to the days of the World Bank memo as soon as he made his first missteps at Harvard...
Junior Tom Mikula is the only man left of the three starting defenders from last year, and his experience and talent at the position will be a huge asset to the team in helping the other three players to adjust...