Word: fixes
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...Wallets, Ourselves Your story should have been titled "How the President Could Encourage, Cajole and Bully Congress to Try to Fix the U.S. Economy" [June 2]. For each of your economic issues, the President has little if any direct or unilateral power. No doubt every President has secretly shared Theodore Roosevelt's daydream: "If I could only be President and Congress too for just 10 minutes." But without an explanation of the President's actual powers, your article sets up yet another generation of Americans to be disillusioned when its chosen candidate fails to produce the promised manna that...
...prices are as much the fault of American drivers as of anybody else. He could offer a compelling vision of how he'd steer the U.S. toward a better future. He could show that he cares about today's economic troubles by throwing out proposal after wonky proposal to fix what ails...
...obesogenic environment is responsible for our national weight problem, how can we fix our surroundings so we fix our health? "We have to realize that we're not going to get anywhere in getting people to eat healthy and be more physically active until we create an environment that supports that," says James Hill, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center...
...Wallets, Ourselves Your story should have been titled, "How the President Could Encourage, Cajole and Bully Congress to Try to Fix the Economy" [June 2]. For each of your economic issues, the President has little, if any, direct or unilateral power. No doubt every President has secretly shared Theodore Roosevelt's daydream: "If I could only be President and Congress too for just 10 minutes." But without an explanation as to the President's actual powers, your article sets up yet another generation of Americans to be disillusioned when their chosen candidate fails to produce the promised manna that...
...confidence in clear, slightly broken English, Mohammed persisted in speaking to fellow prisoners and made clear he plans to follow "God's law." At the close of the morning session, he was asked to approve a drawing of him rendered by a sketch artist. "Look at my FBI photo. Fix the nose. Then bring it back to me," he reportedly answered. Mohammed said he rejected legal representation from U.S. military lawyers under the command of President Bush, who he charged "is waging a crusade in Afghanistan and Iraq and our holy lands." Chanting verses from the Koran in a singsong...