Word: sharpening
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...between the CIA and DIA during the Viet Nam War over estimates of enemy infiltration and intentions. To increase accountability within the agency, Schlesinger has told CIA's analysts to sign all their intelligence reports. He hopes that bylines on the blue and white-covered CIA assessments will sharpen analyses and make the authors feel personally responsible for their assessments...
...exercising our ambitions makes some sense. We've never had a chance to sharpen our competitive edges for the sake of our careers. And even if by some quirk, we had such a chance, we faced the prospect of being labelled social deviants. Now it's kind of exciting to be able to scramble with the rest for a piece of the pie. We've received social sanctions for our efforts, to boot. We're the first generation of Radcliffe women to enter the fray with zeal and confidence...
Howard hopes to go to Australia this summer to learn the Australian version of squash and bone up on her game. "Their game is much different from ours," Howard explained. "It's much faster and they used a softer ball. Playing there should really sharpen my reflexes...
...league race, with five teams scrambling for the title, will probably sharpen into some kind of focus in the next two weeks. This Saturday Penn faces Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. and that crucial encounter is followed a week later by the Penn-Princeton confrontation. Harvard meets the Tigers February...
...After exams the players won't be taking time off during intersession; that should be ample time to sharpen up our game," he added...