Word: prods
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...Secretary Duncan has indicated that he will use the carrots and sticks in the stimulus bill to support voluntary efforts to write national standards and to prod states to adopt them. This process should involve advisory boards that represent employers, college admissions officers, military recruiters, teachers, education scholars and parents. It should also be ongoing, because the standards will have to evolve as the needs of the workplace and global economy...
...Citizens Against Government Waste injects sarcasm and condescension into the serious issue of earmarks hoping to prod politicians and arouse popular anger over untoward spending. CAGW argues that lawmakers circumvent the budget allocation process by sneaking funding for hometown projects into large appropriations bills. This is not entirely untrue, but without investigating the merits of each project - and instead condemning them all in bulk - it's a little hard to take the Pig Book at face value. Still, the book and CAGW's online database are good resources for constituents who want to find out which projects in their communities...
...enough votes in Congress to pass. So far Obama has remained neutral on the legislation. However, there's a strong argument to be made for a presidential endorsement that could push it over the top, one that satisfies the need to engage Cuba but also, at least indirectly, will prod the Castro government toward greater democracy. (See pictures of Fidel Castro's years in power...
...what will happen because there isn’t likely to be any warning,” said Kaufman, a librarian in the psychology department. “If you don’t accept the package, you could be laid off—and the uncertainty tends to prod one towards taking what is possible.”FAS Dean Michael D. Smith has firmly dismissed the notion that the administration has pinpointed specific individuals for layoffs—but he conceded that job cuts are “certainly on the table.”Despite administrative silence...
That should grease the skids for President Obama's visit to Mexico on April 16, after which he will attend the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. Only time will tell if the U.S. gesture can prod Mexico to take its police-reform obligations more seriously. (See pictures of crime-fighting in Mexico City...