Word: accomplish
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...President spoke of last week will be dominated by economic competition more than military power. On that front, as Bush pointed out, the nation has a great deal to accomplish -- restoring fiscal health, improving education standards, modernizing industry. Rethinking America's military needs is an important place to start. Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, now at the dovish end of the military spectrum, says the Pentagon's budget could be cut 50% by the end of the decade. "We could powerfully enhance our status as a world power, strengthen our military security, and redirect resources to more deserving sectors...
...principle advantage of faxes is the amount of personal business professors and administrators can accomplish in their offices. Professors at the Carpenter Center send press releases, commentaries on films and project proposals over their machine, according to a staff member who works there...
Bush may also be more willing than ever to veto legislation. That power is essentially negative: it can stymie the Democrats, but it can seldom accomplish anything positive. Similarly, the Democrats, who lack a two-thirds majority in either house, cannot override Bush's veto without Republican support. Their strategy, according to one of their number, will be to send the President legislation on popular issues that bears a strong Democratic imprint, and dare him to veto it. Among the most divisive of those upcoming issues...
Anyone trying to accomplish so vast a task with so small a contingent of scholars, especially at a time of increasing student interest, is virtually doomed to failure and frustration...
When a friend later said, "You know what they say about guys with large resumes..." I let my imagination run wild. I soon learned, however, that guys with large resumes had small and unsuccessful job interviews. No matter how much you accomplish, your resume must not exceed one page. This is not because conciseness is an absolute virtue. Rather, scientific studies reveal that the dolts assigned to read resumes have very short attention spans...