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...Plouffe also contended that John McCain's attacks on Obama's character, while giving the GOP nominee a short-term boost in the polls, are causing "a real erosion" of the presumptive Republican nominee's image among these swing voters, and particularly among women. "McCain," he said, "is at more of a high-water mark than...
...science complex, said during Monday's meeting. "We didn't see this coming." Coleman also told the crowd of over 30 Allston residents that his company has yet to determine exactly what caused the leak. Styrene is commonly used in the manufacture of plastics, rubbers, and other resin compounds. Short-term exposure to the chemical can cause irritation of mucous membranes and gastrointestinal effects, while long-term exposure can damage the central nervous system, causing headaches, fatigue, or depression. After Turner Construction was notified of the leak the same morning, officials from Turner and its subcontractor Spiniello Construction, used fans...
...organizations like the behemoth World Vision. They work a lot like secular NGOs, maintaining a few dozen paid employees who manage long-term aid and community projects in poor areas for decades-long stretches. More recently, another model has emerged: each year, often during school breaks, about a million short-term volunteer missionaries in gangs of about 15 briefly saturate the Third World, enthusiastic if often ill-prepared, to build houses or dig wells and/or share the Gospel for about two weeks...
...McDonald's franchises. Or to desktop computers: if they could be infected with the virus of good works, the world could be transformed. (Put simply: if every pastor in the world taught basic water hygiene, it could significantly cut rates of dysentery, a major global killer.) Scores of short-term activists, armed with Saddleback-crafted training, would go into a foreign country, locate its most promising churches and introduce them to the best practices in areas from health care to good leadership. Those churches would train other churches until the country was saturated. Warren saw this occurring in every country...
...near superhuman adaptability. A neat example of this is a document Warren has sent out called "PEACE 2.0," listing eight changes to his original plan. And while he once disdained working with existing Christian NGOs, he is now looking for ways to partner with some that can supplement his short-term army's wide-eyed enthusiasm with experience and cohesion. One NGO has already proposed running one of its programs through PEACE churches, a promising compromise...