Word: tapped
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...sure that we understand that all legs of the stool are important. Philanthropy is going to be important, and we want to encourage businesses in all sorts of ways to get involved. For example, I've been talking to my science advisor, John Holdren, about how we can really tap into businesses to improve science and technology and math education. And I am willing to bet that there isn't a high-tech company out there - Google, Microsoft, what have you - that wouldn't love to sponsor young people - and young girls in particular, who oftentimes are left...
...that gets more accustomed to doing things online - Facebooking, Twittering. You know, that's something that I think we have to be mindful of, because technology is pushing things in the other direction. But it gets back to just the campaign as a model of what that can tap into. That's what people felt. It wasn't just the candidate, the confetti. It was also the fact that people could be in a room working together on a common mission, you know, you go to a rally and you're reminded that there are more people than yourself...
...much for change. In the wake of the mortgage-market fiasco, in which get-rich-quick schemes alchemized in the cubicles and conference rooms of Broad Street translated into a meltdown of the international financial system, bankers have been looking for new markets to tap. But despite all talk of a new approach to the future of finance, the reality is that the most recent innovations are only geared to resurrect the same old broken system...
...FTAs could reduce the region's exposure to the U.S. by giving Asian companies preferential treatment in selling to Asian companies and consumers. These benefits could come with downsides, however. Companies in countries left out of the trade pacts - for example, the U.S. - could face disadvantages when trying to tap fast-growing Asian markets. This, in turn, could have a negative impact on efforts to rebalance excessive debt in the U.S. and excessive savings in Asia. FTAs "create a nonlevel playing field with advantages for Asian countries," says Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy at Cornell University. "If the most...
...help develop this skill, Warrior Mind, relies upon music. The idea is to listen, really listen, to the wail of the guitar or the staccato tap of the drums instead of letting your mind wander. In athletics, this concept is called being in "the zone...