Word: whether
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...There is an element of walking your talk," said Kata Chuck, a Boston-area resident who said she was interested in whether Purdy could live up to the standards in his book. "If there isn't substance to your words, talk is cheap...
Murphy also has to wonder about whether his defense has a killer instinct. This year's seniors were on the '97 championship team that gave up only 12.3 points per game and didn't allow a rushing touchdown in league play. But they were sophomores then, following the lead of an extremely talented senior class. Now, they have the responsibility for closing out games, and they're finding it isn't as easy as it used...
...with only 15:25 left to play, and Cornell ahead 3-0, all that remained to be seen was whether Cornell's four-game shutout streak would continue...
...absolute responsibility to prevent. The U.S. has traditionally supported measures such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and made proliferation a substantial concern of our foreign policy. Of the 154 nations that have signed the CTBT, relatively few have ratified the treaty yet--many are watching to see whether America's actions will measure up to its words. Failing to ratify the treaty would destroy any credibility the U.S. possesses in the arena of nuclear proliferation. The treaty is too important to be reduced to a political football...
...vote under these circumstances would severely harm the national security of the United States, damage our relationship with our allies, and undermine our historic leadership over 40 years, through administrations Republican and Democratic, in reducing the nuclear threat." But postponing the vote won't avert that danger. Whether the Senate votes or decides to table the motion is irrelevant to the governments of such newly nuclear states as India and Pakistan. What matters is that the U.S. has failed to ratify the CTBT. Postponing a Senate vote means abandoning a key foreign policy goal, which sends the wrong message...