Word: derailings
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...list, however, does not ensure promotion; the Marine's commander must okay it first, and the Marine Corps routinely holds up nominations or promotions if there is any reason to question the actions of a Marine. Even a charge of "driving while intoxicated," for example, can delay or derail a step...
...said committee member Richard Harding, who ultimately voted against the motion. Other committee members said they were worried that continued discussions about declining enrollment could divert attention from other important issues that the committee should address. “I think that this has the potential to derail a lot of other important things,” said committee member Nancy Walser, who also voted against the motion. She asked the committee to consider the issues of student achievement and the evaluation of the superintendent’s role in running the district. “I think we should...
...already below investment grade, after GM said it may have to renegotiate terms for $5.6 billion in credit. Should GM's unsecured debt fall below a CCC rating, the GMAC sale would be in jeopardy. "We have to get the GMAC deal closed," Wagoner says when asked what could derail a turnaround...
...simply upholding minimum standards of human rights. The power of the press to combat corruption and promote government integrity holds the key to long-term prosperity. Self-regulation by well-intentioned governments is a useful, but inherently limited, means of battling corruption. A failure of will or coordination can derail attempts by a government to set its own house in order. Moreover, whistleblowers in third world governments, even more so than those in the West, often face threats and intransigence. John Githongo, appointed by Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki to root out corruption, ended up fleeing the country...
Amidst discussion of a controversial bill that threatened to derail the council into what one member called “chaos,” the Undergraduate Council (UC) inched closer Monday night to resolving the future of its Campus Life Committee (CLC). And while the CLC’s future still remains in doubt, many council members spoke out Monday against dissolving the committee and reducing the size of the council. Council leaders said last week that the creation of a new College-funded social programming board has made the restructuring of CLC inevitable. CLC reform was discussed last...