Word: progress
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...mails from people who've sat in the chair and put their feet on the footstool. Many people, including the mail carrier, stopped and smiled as they walked past, and even the man who was shoveling the snow in the yard kept coming back to check on her progress, Kurrasch said...
...that? My sense of it is that [U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George] Mitchell spent a number of months negotiating a settlement deal and saw some progress from the Israelis and kind of got blinded by that, because he didn't see that it wasn't sufficient progress for the Palestinians...
...With its wings clipped, JAL hopes for smooth progress under the ETIC. There will be no disruption in the payment of leasing fees or credits, and the airline will continue to honor frequent-flyer mileage and tickets. But some analysts wonder if JAL can continue to grow as a business during such a massive restructuring. Yasuhiro Matsumoto, senior analyst at Shinsei Securities in Tokyo, says he's split between whether bankruptcy and ETIC help is the best path for the airline. "It's clear that there's government support, but we don't know the future of JAL's business...
...attacker, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, 32, was a double agent who had been providing information on al-Qaeda to U.S. and Jordanian officials for at least a year. Analysts say that in addition to straining ties between intelligence communities in Washington and Amman, the incident could hinder progress in hunting down terrorists, including Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's No. 2. Some officials speculate that al-Balawi, a Jordanian physician, may have been recruited to help snare al-Zawahiri, who is also a doctor...
...assault was also likely intended to be a signal to the U.S. that its plan to increase its troop levels this year could have violent consequences. Just days ago, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, gave an interview with ABC News in which he praised the progress that an earlier troop surge has made in securing Helmand province and taking momentum away from the Taliban. U.S. military officials have noted in the past, however, that dramatic attacks will still occur in the country despite the extra troops on the ground. Monday's commando raid seemed to prove...