Word: breaches
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...developed their plan in response to an African initiative called the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). Canada mounted its largest peacetime security operation for the G-8 summit. Antiglobalization protesters were allowed no nearer than Calgary, 90 km away from Kananaskis, the meeting site. The only security breach: documents diagraming protocol arrangements for the G-8 leaders were found in a Kananaskis picnic area - by a London Times reporter...
...Inside the Administration, officials are trying to turn the new doctrine into a formal paper. That's wise. International law, to be sure, is often honored mainly in the breach. But sometimes it makes sense to set out plainly - and not just in a speech at West Point - the circumstances in which one nation feels entitled to take up arms against another. Daniel Webster understood that more than 160 years ago. George W. Bush could do worse than to emulate him today...
Angry naval cadets told The Crimson the new policy was “an obvious breach of contract.” Many withdrew from the program, giving up their draft immunity to face the prospect of leaving the College and entering...
...What Europe? A new study by the European Commission shows that only 29% of E.U. residents think the union's expansion will be good for jobs at home. How informed is that opinion? Well, 60-80% of respondents do not know which countries are candidates for E.U. membership. A breach too far Britain's Inland Revenue service suspended its online tax filing system after security breaches allowed users to view other people's information. The problems put a serious dent in plans to make online filing for employers mandatory by 2010. War on spam Fresh from his battle with Merrill...
...generation to pick up the slack. So with 76 million baby boomers heading toward retirement over the next three decades and only 46 million Gen Xers waiting in the wings, corporate America is facing a potentially mammoth talent crunch. Certainly, labor-saving technology and immigration may help fill the breach. Still, by 2010 there may be a shortage of 4 million to 6 million workers...