Word: promptness
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...traditions and its pride in speaking truth to big powers. Australia loses face when its leaders fail to robustly denounce human-rights abuses or to show a semblance of support for an individual such as Chen (to at least hear his story, investigate his claims, and make a prompt decision about his status: Chen first wrote to the Immigration department on May 25; he and his family remain in hiding...
...could be funny (it does prompt laughter) were it not disturbing and tragic. The procedures are not so complicated that an eighth grade Model U.N. participant wouldn’t know them. The meetings are not so often—only once a month, and lasting for 90 minutes, though in contrast to years previous Summers generally starts late—that one need struggle to look attentive through them. Sadly, it is hard to see Summers’ disregard for the customs of Faculty meeting as anything but symptomatic of the disrespect this administration has shown the professoriat...
...Party mouthpiece People's Daily carried an erroneous story stating that China would soon revalue its currency, the yuan. China's central bank quickly dashed the expectation, saying it has no immediate plans to change the yuan's peg to the U.S. dollar. But the scare was enough to prompt all sorts of questions on the Chinese currency. We oblige with the answers...
Ganz said the findings may prompt doctors to further explore a patient’s history. “It starts to push people in a direction to suggest that perhaps, for a certain subset of women, it’s worth asking about intimate partner violence,” he said...
...recruit. After they made their point, they should have let the event happen. They gained nothing by continuing to disrupt, and their actions were disrespectful. Even worse, the protesters were so incoherent in their objectives (in contrast to PSLM and King) that they hindered their own ability to prompt serious discussion or action...