Word: take
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...emphasize training and orientation for volunteers. That's why we think it's important to provide structured opportunities for people to reflect critically on their volunteer work. And yes, sometimes this involves thinking about "political" issues. This is not exactly a radical earth-shattering observation; most social service organizations take it for granted...
...have a new zone defense, and the way it works usually leaves one person open underneath and that was the problem," freshman forward Debbie Flandermeyer said. "It [the defense] does take away the outside shot but it gives up that inside position. We could've boxed out the rim better...
...Truk in Micronesia. Citizens of Vanuatu, a volcanic archipelago of some 80 islands formerly known as the New Hebrides, have found that international finance beats coconut and taro farming. In Port Vila, the capital, it is not unusual for a $100 million transaction between major international banks to take place on any given...
...examine the international financial system that has developed haphazardly over the 60 years since the Swiss first popularized secret banking. Countries may not yet be willing to make their banking transactions fully "transparent," but some light must be shed on everyone's books. Says Kerry: "It will take significant leverage and leadership. The President has to have the top bankers in and say, 'Unless you are part of the solution, you are part of the problem...
...there is still a deep-seated reluctance to take drastic measures. Briefing reporters after a Paris conclave on money laundering last September, a senior U.S. official declared that global efforts to trace drug money will have to be balanced against the freedom from unnecessary red tape. Too many controls, he declared, could "constipate" the financial exchanges. That is the kind of attitude that has brought the system to its current state, in which drug money freely mingles with the life force of the world economy, like a virus in the bloodstream...