Word: taskings
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Through the Sciencedebate 2008 initiative, which you were involved with, the presidential candidates were brought to task about making science a more integral part of the campaign, yet they were reluctant to because they thought it wasn't quite worth reaching "a niche audience." That's sort of a catch-22, isn't it? How do we overcome that? It's incredibly difficult. The only thing we can do is continue to work really hard to show why science is relevant to other audiences. We have to make it resonate for them and that also means - and this is what...
...gods must have been smiling when, in 2001, Zac and Ethan Holtzman met Chhom Nimol at a nightclub in Long Beach, California's Little Phnom Penh. Inspired by cassette tapes Ethan hauled home from a backpacking trip to Southeast Asia, the American brothers had set about the rather quixotic task of forming a Khmer rock band. They'd learned a couple of songs, but needed a singer to give them life. They found one that day in Chhom, a recent émigré with a knockout voice. Dengue Fever, that singular, strange and wonderful ensemble, was born...
...Motors emerged from Chapter 11 focused on just four brands: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. The Federal Government, which has committed $50 billion to the company, took a majority stake and installed a new chairman. The restructurings of GM and Chrysler were considered coups for President Obama's auto task force, whose head, Steven Rattner, said he will step down...
...President's task force on interrogation and transfer policies for terrorism suspects is readying a proposal for a new unit that will once again join together several agencies. The task force, granted a two-month extension last week, has until the fall to submit its report, but officials familiar with the deliberations say the interagency unit - comprising experts from the FBI, CIA and the military - will be a big element in any new interrogation blueprint presented to the White House. (Read TIME's Report: Why Obama Needs to Reveal Even More on Torture...
...exactly should lead the interrogation team? The task force has not yet formed a view on which agency should have overall command, although some reports suggest the CIA has been ruled out. Maddox himself believes the team should report to the Pentagon, since the military has the greatest experience in interrogating terrorist suspects...