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...board. You have to find the resources to start there. You have to think creatively about how to better manage an organization so that it doesn’t waste as much money as it used to waste. All the while you’re dealing with a drumbeat of problems, from shootings and crime to children who urgently need opportunity. Its a big challenge, but the good thing is that there is so much space for innovation so much space for improvement, and that gave us lots of opportunities to make an impact...
Surrounded by a ring of mountains like a concert bandshell, Beirut has great acoustics. So yesterday's roiling street battles in the Lebanese capitol echoed through the city with a drumbeat of rocket explosions and a chorus of machine gun fire that sounded like the symphonic overture to civil war. When an early summer thunderstorm began overnight, it seemed as if the heavens themselves were taking up the ominous theme...
...Clinton herself, along with G.O.P. presumptive nominee John McCain, were quick to latch on to Obama's comments as "elitist", "condescending" and "out of touch." Clinton has mentioned the gaffe at every event she's had all weekend, and her surrogates have picked up the drumbeat across the country. "As I travel around Pennsylvania, I meet people who are resilient, who are optimistic, who are positive, who are rolling up their sleeves," Clinton said Friday. "Pennsylvanians don't need a President who looks down on them, they need a President who stands up for them, who fights for them...
...sitting commander," a Joint Staff officer noted. Nor was it the first time the admiral had sailed close to the wind in commenting on the policies of his commander-in-chief. Last fall, in a comment to the Arab television channel Al-Jazeera, Fallon said a "constant drumbeat of conflict" out of Washington about war with Iran was "not helpful and not useful. I expect that there will be no war, and that is what we ought to be working for." Yet, both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have also...
...Collins showcases his impressive falsetto, transforming the glam rock tune into a darker affair. “Fire in the Western World” conveys less all-out hysteria than the original punk song, with the vocals pushed into the background and a slower tempo, but a military-style drumbeat maintains the song’s sense of urgency. The album’s missteps are few. “Race To The Bottom” is an eight-minute, heavily distorted instrumental that most listeners are likely to skip, but as the penultimate track it doesn?...