Word: implementation
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...broad belief that this conference should provide a way forward on this issue," he told reporters on Sept. 4. Environmental groups like Greenpeace have dismissed the agenda as a vague distraction from the need for stronger action, but Howard's tamer goals might still prove difficult to implement. For one thing, even by the standards of most international groupings, where hot air outweighs actual action, APEC usually accomplishes little of substance, other than the traditional goofy closing photo of national leaders wearing the native dress of the host country. From rich Japan to impoverished Indonesia, APEC is too large...
...Despite having brought the case that led to the ban, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has mounted only sporadic, perfunctory raids in which a few unlucky vendors had their wares seized (most were returned just as quickly). "We are going to implement the court order," insists Deep Mathur, the MCD spokesperson. "Last month we issued an invitation for vendors to apply for plots in designated hawker markets...
...fund a new air traffic control system. She argues that the current system is outdated and overloaded and will break down by the year 2015 if action is not taken now. Her proposal, dubbed "NextGen," will cost an estimated $22 billion and will take until 2025 to fully implement. The proposal was crafted earlier this year by a task force that included representatives from the departments of Transportation, Defense, Homeland Security, Commerce, NASA, the White House, and aviation experts from the private sector...
...context of the 21st century, however, is very different from that of 1918. Individual rights are guarded a lot more fiercely today than in the past, and people may not submit easily to compulsory quarantine or isolation. It is critical that if we were to implement such public health measures that we have adequate medical and psychological support, says Markel. "If you come down with the force of the law very hard, you have to ask if the public health edict helps public health or endangers it," he says. "The onus is on us as physicians, public health experts, government...
...adds: "We're probably the first generation in history to have the benefit of hindsight and time to plan for the future, not only to implement the measures effectively but to plan for the adverse unintended consequences of social-distancing strategies," says Cetron. Now that sounds a lot like prevention...