Word: sooner
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...Sooner rather than later, the two superpowers will have to find a way to lay the foundation for cooperation on the world’s most pressing issue: climate change. And, as challenging as this will be, it arguably represents the most plausible vehicle for coperation between the two countries. The alternative, confrontations about human rights and “currency manipulation,” only promise to exacerbate conflict. Nothing will be accomplished...
...Cabot resident whined: I wouldn't have left for brain break if I'd gotten the email about the outage sooner and just dealt with the rumbling stomach...
...taxi companies that night but despaired of ever seeing his billfold again, resigning himself to the tedium of canceled cards and replaced IDs. The next morning a honk sounded out front - the cabdriver had returned, sheepishly handing back the wallet with everything intact, apologizing profusely for not coming sooner. When asked by my astonished friend why he had brought it back, the cabbie replied simply that he must, with a look in his eye that spoke volumes about the punishment for stealing from tourists. Rarely have I felt so safe in a city; I didn't hesitate to walk home...
...future husband in Syria, unlikely to ever again see her family until there is peace in the Middle East. If Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's handshake with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem at a conference in Egypt on Monday was any portent, that day may come sooner rather than later. (See photos of Syria's mysterious facility that was destroyed by a 2007 airstrike...
...some U.S. soldiers in Iraq, however, the prospect of leaving sooner rather than later within the established withdrawal timeline is welcome. "Good," said Army Captain Matt van Stavern, whose unit is serving in Mosul, where U.S. and Iraqi security forces continue to battle insurgents who've remained active in the city for the past year despite an overall drop in violence across the country. "My boys are ready to go home. And the Iraqi people will be ready...