Word: towardness
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...find it difficult to put into words the depth of my outrage at the Army for its policies and actions toward its recruiters, which drive some of our most dedicated soldiers to suicide. More aptly put, it is murder, and I have little doubt that the Army will cover it up, accept no responsibility and take no meaningful corrective action. My personal pride as an Army veteran has suffered yet another wound. David J. Doyen, Landenberg...
...Loans Peter Gumbel's "IMF 2.0" fully captures the sentiment and distrust of developing economies toward the IMF, and the negative impact on people's lives of corrupt and inept government officials' dealings with the IMF [April 20]. Certain governments in Africa took IMF loans on behalf of their people who then suffered the debt with neither accountability nor the hoped for development. Now the loan conditions are being relaxed, the IMF must ensure that loans do not get to corrupt governments anymore, and where they do, the loans must be accounted for with development projects and fiscal responsibility. Obinna...
...placing requests for new and replacement staff under greater scrutiny than ever before. Requests for replacement and new staff positions, as well as reclassification requests, must be justified from both mission and business perspectives. In light of the continuing economic challenge, this is the most prudent path toward conserving our precious resources and preserving employment for our existing staff base to support our mission and pursue our academic priorities...
...those Christian communities that are left. A U.N. report released a week ago said that the Palestinian West Bank town of Bethlehem - Christ's birthplace and a major stop on the Pope's visit - is now almost totally controlled by Israel. (Read a story about the Pope's attitude toward Islam...
...their traditionally pro-Western leadership, forming a political alliance with Hizballah, the Shi'a Muslim anti-Israeli militant group. The leader of these breakaway Christians, a populist former general named Michel Aoun, is betting that the only way to secure a Christian future in Lebanon is to look east toward the rising power of Shi'a Islam. It may seem far-fetched now, but there may come a day when Christians hit the Arab streets to welcome not a Pope from Rome, but an ayatullah from Iran...