Word: approachement
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...goes as I zoom north into the Berkshires of northwestern Massachusetts, with more "Who is that guy?" stares from people whenever I approach the parked car. Is Chevy's newly reintroduced Camaro hot? I don't know, is Gisele Bündchen? I get to drive a lot of cars, and every now and again you get in one that not only stops traffic, but also starts people talking. But this phenomenon generally happens when you're driving something a lot more expensive. You'd expect the killer design of the Audi R-8, for instance, to elicit some oohs...
Tellis agrees with Holbrooke's broad approach, but worries that the Administration hasn't adequately forewarned the U.S. public about the costs of nation-building. "It's expensive, time-consuming and requires a national commitment," he says. "Reluctance to own up to this in a transparent way could be the undoing [of the Obama strategy...
...player in the final pairing not only reeled Woods in (the South Korean trailed by two shots at the start of play Sunday) but did it with such panache - to wit, chipping in from short of the green for an eagle two on 14 and making an extraordinary approach shot on 18 as he negotiated a tree that blocked his view of the pin - that Yang's achievement has become the stuff of instant golf legend. (See pictures of Tiger Woods' best victory moments...
That's a powerful criticism: it's hard enough for scientists to predict what's happening to our climate now, and it would be even harder if we start fiddling with it further. But worst of all might be to take only the safe and slow approach and watch the climate collapse around our ears. We're already geoengineers, after all; we might as well get good...
...GlaxoSmithKline prepares to launch its own HPV vaccine in the U.S. and states continue to debate mandated immunizations, some doctors are taking a wait-and-see approach. "It's too early to begin to make decisions about mandates," says Dr. Joseph Bocchini, who chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on infectious diseases. "We need more time to educate families and physicians and to get more data on the duration of immunity and safety." That's something many parents will agree with...