Word: steps
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...view this legislation as a small step at the beginning of a longer-term goal to increase the overall health of Americans. Congress must proceed cautiously to ensure that employees are motivated to get into shape in a way that is both fair and beneficial to the nation as a whole. Surely the obesity epidemic cannot be stopped overnight, but encouraging employees to get on the Stairmaster is a small step toward that...
...Declaring its support for Georgia is a reasonable step for NATO, but demonstrating it in such a provocative manner—especially considering the current state of relations between NATO and Russia—is simply foolish. Since NATO is not prepared to—and should not—throw its full support behind Georgia in another war with Russia, then it should be careful that Russia doesn’t call its bluff...
...Nothing went wrong and there was nothing specific," Gates said of asking General David McKiernan, the outgoing commander, to step down just 11 months into a two-year post. "The focus here is simply on getting fresh thinking, fresh eyes on the problem." But McChrystal's role in the friendly-fire death of former NFL star Pat Tillman - as well as prisoner abuses allegedly committed on his watch at Baghdad's Camp Nama - mean his Senate confirmation might not go as smoothly (or swiftly) as Gates hopes. (Read Joe Klein's take on McKiernan's Afghan exit...
...interview Monday, Smith said the cuts constitute the first step in a two-part plan to make up the budgetary shortfall. The second stage—branded “reshaping” by Smith—will attempt to close the remaining $143 million gap over the next two years by overhauling the structure of FAS, though professors say they continue to be confused by what the concept means...
...will consolidate academic support space into Harvard-owned space. A review of all of FAS’s off-campus leases is currently underway, and further reductions in spending in this area are expected. While moves such as this will mean tighter quarters for some support staff, this step is necessary to free up resources to support core mission areas...