Word: afoot
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...question: Why now? There are the obvious reasons. Young Americans continue to die in an increasingly unpopular war—Generation Y is getting to know what it feels like to lose a brother, friend or father in the service. Talk (however unlikely) of reinstituting the draft has been afoot for months. And the weak economy is often toughest on those just starting their careers...
...legendary golfing triumvirate of Harry Vardon, John Henry Taylor and James Braid by offering top prize money (at the time it was ?100) for its Open. But thereafter the Machrie became the course that time forgot. Now the Machrie is waking from its century of slumber: plans are afoot to extend the links and develop the Machrie Hotel, which serves as clubhouse and 19th hole. "If it goes well," says manager Ian Brown, "future visitors will be able to experience a course very similar to the one that Vardon and Co played...
...legendary golfing triumvirate of Harry Vardon, John Henry Taylor and James Braid by offering top prize money (at the time it was ?100) for its Open. But thereafter the Machrie became the course that time forgot. Now the Machrie is waking from its century of slumber: plans are afoot to extend the links and develop the Machrie Hotel, which serves as clubhouse and 19th hole. "If it goes well," says manager Ian Brown, "future visitors will be able to experience a course very similar to the one that Vardon and Co. played." But this daunting course will remain both...
...that's why there is a movement afoot to require researchers to register all clinical trials when they start. This isn't a new idea, but it's been given new urgency by, among other cases, the example of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and its antidepressant Paxil. While data that showed Paxil could help depressed adolescents were published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, the results of another trial, which raised concerns about children having suicidal thoughts while on Paxil, were not submitted for publication. (GSK points out, however, that the negative results were presented...
...directors and created the post of chief regulatory officer. In Washington the SEC is developing proposals that would tighten regulation of U.S. stock exchanges--the first order of business being that they must abide by the same disclosure rules they impose on publicly traded companies. But the changes afoot aren't enough for Spitzer. In a recent interview with the Harvard Business Review, he noted that "we have board compensation committees that are self-selected and interwoven. It's a rigged marketplace." Asked what it would take to right the playing field, he tells TIME, "I have no idea what...