Word: disarray
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...main drags. Other cities employ moto-medics--London, Kuala Lumpur and Miami, among them--but in Brazil the program holds special significance since there is no centralized 911 and firefighters have become the go-to guys when accidents occur, perhaps because the country's health service is in disarray and the police are among the nation's least esteemed public servants. "People trust us," says fire department spokesman Lieut. Marcos Palumbo. "We always respond to emergencies." Quickly too. The day I follow them, the medics arrive at the scene of an accident in three minutes, three times faster than...
Several legislators demanded that the Prime Minister be suspended, but political analysts in Jerusalem say that Olmert will survive in office, not because he is loved but because his rivals are in such disarray that none of them sees an advantage to contesting an election at this point should Olmert be forced from the government. [And while Olmert's approval rating hovers at a lowly 25%, that is an improvement due to the government's air strike last week on an alleged Syrian military installation...
...poll against 38.9% by the rival Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK. The result was as much a personal victory for Karamanlis, who took office four years ago without ever serving a government post, as it was a blow for PASOK leader George Papandreou, whose party was left in disarray after its worst showing in 30 years...
Today that ambition has turned to ashes, Abe is poised to make a humiliating exit from power, and, as a result, Japanese politics has been thrown into disarray. Less than two days after delivering a policy speech to open the new Diet, Abe abruptly announced that he would resign. At a press conference, an emotional Abe acknowledged that he had lost public support, and that a different leader might be able to carry Japan out of the political quagmire his deep unpopularity had created. "I've decided to create a new situation by resigning," the 52-year-old Abe told...
...Recruit a Rapid-Response Reserve Corps The disarray and lack of a coordinated response to 9/11 and Katrina tell us there is a role volunteers can play in responding quickly to disasters and emergencies. The new Rapid-Response Reserve Corps would consist of retired military and National Guard personnel as well as national- and community-service program alumni to focus on disaster preparedness and immediate response to local and national disasters. The program would initially train 50,000 members, who could be deployed for two-week periods in response to emergencies and serve under the guidance of the Federal Emergency...