Word: implementation
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...powerful Ways and Means subcommittee, told TIME, "I've talked to the White House staff. I've talked to FEMA. I've talked with the Army. And, of course, I've talked with the state office of emergency preparedness. And nobody, federal or state, seems to know how to implement a decision, if we can get a decision." As in any war, the best weapons mean nothing without leadership and communication. On Friday, hours after even the President had shifted to calling the government's response "not acceptable," the No. 2 at FEMA sounded as though he had been monitoring...
...Iowa, police departments are facing a more basic problem: figuring out how to implement the laws. Just days before the new residency ban took effect, officials were scrambling to determine exactly which of the state's 6,000 registered offenders would have to move, and mapping out pedophile-free zones in places like Polk County, which has more than 1,400 registered day-care centers and 90 schools. What's more, Des Moines police sergeant Barry Arnold, who is overseeing the law in the state capital, estimates that the whereabouts of some 15% to 18% of the city's convicted...
...small homemade devices, which were detonated almost simultaneously, targeted government offices, courts, and press clubs, resulting in two deaths and over 200 injuries. An Islamic extremist group called Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh claimed responsibility in leaflets left near the bombing sites, declaring that "It is time to implement Islamic law in Bangladesh" and "Bush and Blair be warned and get out of Muslim countries." DIED. JOE RANFT, 45, respected Pixar story artist who served as a key creative force behind many of the company's hit animated films, including Toy Story, which earned him an Oscar...
...take action. But Schweikart, who admits he is not expert in mission planning, speculates that a transponder mission, from initial planning to implantation might take, say, eight years. And he thinks that a following deflection attempt, if it proves necessary, could require as long as 15 years to implement. That's cutting it a little close, and, says Schweikart, all the more reason that NASA quickly calculate some realistic mission times. "It may turn out," he says, "that we have to begin planning those missions right...
Instead, only “if there was clear evidence [of wrongdoing]”, would Harvard officials choose to implement punishment, he added...