Word: task
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...those seeking to cause mayhem on the high seas, the waters off Somalia are among the world's most alluring. Somalia has lacked an effective central government for 14 years, and the U.S. believes that al-Qaeda--linked militants operate there. Combined Task Force 150, a multinational naval unit, patrols in the nearby Gulf of Aden and the waters around the Horn of Africa, searching for suspected terrorists who may be moving equipment or people by sea or planning a maritime attack. But with its attention focused on stopping terrorists, the U.S. Navy has been hesitant about pursuing pirates...
...wagons rather than making peace with his detractors inside the government. They reason that Addington is a hard-liner who has made enemies around the West Wing with his unwillingness to cooperate or yield on troublesome issues like a court fight for access to records of Cheney's energy task force...
...captain and the only senior on this year’s squad, Blotky had the difficult task of mentoring a very young Crimson team...
...lawsuit, filed two years ago, that asks the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) to be subject to the same open records laws all other police forces are. That lawsuit was heard before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts last Monday; it is now the high court’s task to determine whether HUPD should continue to exist as an exception to an important rule. Presently, Harvard claims that HUPD is something of a private militia and that public records laws therefore do not apply to it. Of course, it’s true that Harvard foots the bill...
Contingent upon her official confirmation as president, Johnson-Sirleaf has an immense task before...