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DOD should take steps to close the gaps between its current acquisition environment and best practices. | The DOD could benefit from the adoption of best practices. |
Chief among them is Joe Lieberman (Connecticut). | Joe Lieberman is chief among them. |
'Why?' | What is the point? |
When he was ten paces away Ca'daan saw the deep gash flooding blood down from the slave master's throat. | Ca'daan saw blood running down from the slave master's throat. |
yeah you wonder you know when is it going to happen to me | You're concerned about when the same thing will happen to you. |
What shall I do?" | What should I do? |
Estimates based on our long-term growth model suggest that the golden rule saving rate for the United States would be more than 30 percent. | The estimates are based on long-term growth models. |
The traffic jams seem incongruous, but they're authentic. | The traffic jams are all authentic. |
They include a shrine to Pan built on a rocky outcrop and the Gate of Parmenon, reached by way of a steep run of steps the last remaining ancient port of entry to the town. | One can reach it through the last remaining ancient port of the town. |
Winning Entry, Rock Pomposity | Rock Pomposity was the winning entry. |
Bureaucrats being bureaucrats, efficiency and amiability vary from place to place, but the tourist information offices all provide useful maps and brochures. | The tourist offices sometimes give you maps and borchures. |
well i guess then i will go but i made me stop and think a minute about | You really made me think before I jumped into it. |
it's it's religious based and uh you know by by self-proclamation this is a holy war and it is right and then uh we we go on from there | It's based on your religion. |
While Monica may not be what Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote of his dark lady, he does offer some commentary on Monica's awaited literary endeavor in Sonnet 80 : | Shakespeare wrote Sonnet 80. |
At both the organizational and managerial levels, accountability requires results-oriented goals and appropriate performance measures through which to gauge progress. | Result oriented goals and measurement of performance is essential to gauge progress. |
Today there are more than 300,000. | There are more than 300,000 today. |
Modeling shows that when full implementation of existing regulations such as the acid rain program, the NOx SIP Call, the Tier II standards for cars and trucks, the heavy duty diesel engine standards, and the low sulfur gasoline and diesel fuel rules are taken into account, additional reductions will be needed to bring... | The acid rain program is an existing regulation. |
yeah a lot of the bonds and uh other things that you're voting on people just don't know really what the whole thing's about | People don't really understand a lot of the stuff you're voting for or against. |
He did not say that he would take any action in response to He asked if monetary policy should be any different if there were overvaluation. | He was curious if overvaluation would change monetary policy. |
Visitors need a visa to enter China, and must disembark at the border (now called boundary ) checkpoint, Lo Wai. | Visitors are required to have a visa if they want to enter China. |
The greatest pitfall in the exploratory study is that is, the findings may seem so convincing that it can be difficult to resist pressures to report on these as if they had the strength of the larger study. | The greatest pitfall in the exploratory study is that the findings can be convincing. |
i don't know i guess i'm in a neighborhood and it's it's just real tough on animals here you know when i every time i see one run over i just you know it makes me sick so | I don't like hitting animals with my car it makes me feel bad. |
54,000 (88 km/55 miles northwest of Madrid) | It is 55 miles NW of Madrid. |
i do too uh they don't either | I do as well but they don't. |
It was her order to the Indian Army in 1984 to attack armed militants in the Sikhs' sacred Golden Temple in Amritsar, resulting in 800 dead, that led to her assassination in Delhi five months later by two Sikh members of her security guards. | She was killed in Delhi by two of her security guards, both Sikh, five months after her order to the Indian Army to attack militants in the Sikhs' sacred Golden Temple. |
NET LEVEL PREMIUM RESERVE - The excess, if any, of the present value of future guaranteed death endowment benefits over the present value of future net premiums. | The net level premium reserve is the excess of future benefits over future premiums. |
It told me that Mrs. Inglethorp had been writing the word 'possessed' that afternoon, and, having the fragment of paper found in the grate fresh in my mind, the possibility of a will, (a document almost certain to contain that word), occurred to me at once. | I thought the will may contain the word possessed. |
oh okay okay like a Kathy Smith workout or Jane Fonda | Oh like a Kathy Smith or Jane Fonda workout |
um the only exercise program i'm doing right now is walking | I am not doing any other exercise program besides walking. |
It is not our culture. | Our culture does not include this. |
If you're without a car, taking a sunset cruise on a catamaran will transport you effortlessly to West End, and you can lie offshore away from the crowds with your rum punch. | Sunset cruise on my catamaran can also serve as transportation. |
This is a work-in-progress for us as it is for others. | We see this as a work-in-progress for all who are involved. |
This work was soon followed by full life cycle tests using other toxicants and fish species. | Quickly afterwards a full life cycle test with other toxicants and fish species was conducted. |
I found I didn't want to do that and realized an interest in psychology. | I realized I had an interest in psychology. |
And good critical writing about clothing hardly exists at all. | People don't write about clothes. |
She crumpled it up into a ball and threw it into the grate, and made a sort of noise like 'Whoop!' | She threw the ball into the grate. |
If Household Wealth Has Increased, Does It Matter if the Personal Saving Rate Has Declined? | Does it matter that savings have declined, because household wealth has increased? |
Medieval penitents traced its path on hands and knees, from the circumference to the center, a symbolic spiritual journey. | There is a symbolic spiritual journey of Medieval traces. |
Substance abuse specialists of one type or another typically delivered drinking interventions in emergency settings with a few exceptions. | The specialists typically deliver the drinking interventions. |
It would be different! | It wouldn't be the same. |
Each of the long ceiling beams of its interior is hewn from one tree. | One tree gave all of the ceiling beams. |
At 931 m (3054 ft) Skiddaw is one of the major peaks of the northern Lakeland area, and one of the three highest in England. | Skiddaw has a peak of 931 meters. |
The mercenaries seek money. | Money is sought after by the mercenaries. |
Bakaly, looking positively dyspeptic, Uh. | Bakaly looked like he was suffering from indigestion. |
yeah but who cares about my opinion | Yes, but does anyone really care about my opinion. |
Upstairs, he said, jerking his thumb over his shoulder, "second door on your left." 55 Chapter 8 The Adventures of Tommy TAKEN aback though he was by the man's words, Tommy did not hesitate. | He motioned towards the door with his thumb. |
The most malignly error-ridden study of the American people to appear since the Politburo went out of business (Robert Sam Anson, the London Times ). Even Newt Gingrich, who raves about the book in the Weekly Standard , says Johnson's account of events since the 1960s is too polemical. | The study went out of business because it was too full of errors. . |
uh i just let's see i've been with this company for about three months and before that uh we were we're we're still in the process of trying to catch up | I have been working for this company for three months now. |
How Can the Poor Save? | Is it possible for the poor to save money? |
Rodgers, CEO of Cypress Semiconducter--despises Gil Amelio, former CEO of Apple Computer, because of Amelio's support for President Clinton. | The CEO of Cypress Semiconductor despises the former CEO of apple computer due to his support of Clinton. |
Its construction for the 1889 World's Fair was an astounding engineering achievement some 15,000 pieces of metal joined by 2,500,000 rivets, soaring 320 m (984 ft) into the sky on a base only 130 m (430 ft) across. | The construction is an amazing feat for engineering. |
More important than a precise cost estimate of the transition, however, is the recognition that there will be short-term transition costs and that these costs need to be made transparent. | The recognition that there will be transparent short-term transition costs is more important than a precise cost estimate of the transition. |
The pope has endorsed sexual equality in the workplace and in society, but there is no doubt that he subscribes to a Christian version of difference feminism. | The pope holds separate religious Christian values personally. |
The British health authorities, in their 1995 guidelines (Sensible Drinking), say that people who drink very little or not at all and are in an age group at high risk for heart disease should consider the possibility that light drinking might benefit their health. | Light drinking might be beneficial to the health of particular people. |
i hope it's not my you there | I hope it's not mine. |
well i don't think there's much hope for a lasting peace over there like they | I don't think there's hope for lasting peace over there. |
This publication examined state planning in 18 states as models for building various components of a clientcentered, comprehensive, integrated state justice community. | The publication examined state planning in some states. |
At first, those who booked the act resisted; they did not think people would relate to a head in a box. | In this performance you will be seeing a head in a box. |
Yes, we're all suffering from scandal fatigue, but rape? | We are tired of scandals. |
Look calm. | Look like you aren't bothered. |
I'm known as Mr. Carter here. | Here, I am known as Mr Carter. |
Tell me, Hastings, you yourself ”have you no suspicions of anybody? I hesitated. | I hesitated when asked a question. |
Committee requests for GAO detailees should be in writing and be for specific purposes for a period not to exceed 1 year. | Requests should be made in writing and for no longer than 1 year. |
Heiwadai Park brings together the prehistoric past and the frequently strange present. | Heiwadai Park has a very historic past and strange present. |
I'm ready and 10 willing but I never meet any rich men! | I never meet any rich men! |
they're on backwards huh oh jeez all that work and | They put them on backwards! |
Directly acroseHigh Street from Knox House is the Museum of Childhood, said to be the noisiest museum in the world. | The Museum of Childhood is located very near the Knox House. |
exactly but a salad bar that's that's my favorite i mean if because i just feel like i can make my own meal and there's usually a lot of fun stuff and obviously it's a lot of vegetables but um | The salad bar is my favorite because I can make my own meal. |
Charles Stewart Parnell, an Irish member of parliament, took up the cause, and the Land Acts, which enabled hard-pressed tenants to buy their land, were passed. | Charles Steward Parnell was a member of the parliament. |
It makes no difference to me, as I shall not be dining at home." 78 "Thank you, ma'am." Tuppence felt a sensation of relief once she was out of the other's presence. | Tuppence was relieved to be away from the other woman. |
But within sight of victory, tired body and tired nerves clamped a control bar with a shade too much pressure. | The control bar was clamped with a little too much pressure. |
Its artful sculpture and architecture can be seen to this day in the temples of Cambodia, Thailand, and Java. | In present day Cambodia, Thailand, and Java, its sculpture and architecture can be seen. |
And what's the proper etiquette for an e-mail kiss-off? | Whats the etiquette for email kiss off |
Gwen Ifill ( Washington Week in Review ) reports that Republicans have been emboldened recently by a widely circulated poll about voter attitudes. | Republicans have been emboldened lately because of voter attitudes, |
yeah it it really is | It is very much like that. |
49Including federal Medicaid spending, federal health care spending would grow to 14. | Federal spending on Medicaid would be expected to grow |
That was Rennie's Range cultivated fields, fruit orchards, manadas of fine horses. | Rennie had lots of fields and orchards. |
In addition, he said several foundations that give money to the LAF have seen their endowments shrink with the declining stock market, and the money available from the Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts program also has dwindled as interest rates have approached zero. | it was said that several foundations have seen their endowments shrink. |
But many also say the conceit of the episode--that a film crew is documenting life in an emergency room--was a cheap ploy to cover up gaffes. | A film crew made a documentary of life in the emergency room. |
Would You Say That if He Knocked on Your Door? | What if he knocked on the door? |
'A significant number of people have said that for them the pressure of student loans eliminates their options and choices,' Asher said. | Some people believe that student loans offer them few options. |
So economists must be rushing to solve these problems, right? | The social scientists surely are in a hurry to figure this out, |
Among other things, someone was bound to notice that the interaction between increasing returns and product differentiation could help explain some puzzles about international trade--like why most trade is between seemingly similar countries. | There are puzzles about international trade. |
I mean having the experience of love and loneliness, illness and health, the joy of children, the satisfaction of work, and the inevitability of death. | There are many experiences within life. |
Their anxiety is nothing compared with that of the prisoners once held in the forbidding Conciergerie (entrance on the quai de l'Horloge). | The prisoners once held in the forbidding Conciergerie had a far greater reason to anxious than them. |
Inside, you'll see the Medici family arms set in the floor in front of the altar. | You can see the Medici family arms inside in front of the altar. |
so you're still able to walk yeah well is there anything else about exercise we can talk about | Are there any other exercise related topics we can discuss? |
Just as in the private sector, many federal agencies are reluctant to make the investments required in this area [of computer security] because of limited budgets, lack of direction and prioritization from senior officials, and general ignorance of the threat. | Limited budgets are one of the reasons why federal agencies don't invest in computer security. |
and uh and there's uh a lot of trees lot of mountains and lot of uh hiking sort of things and and we had uh collapsible boat which we uh clipper little clipper sail boat | There are plenty of trees and mountains and hiking. |
Now he had found four of the best warriors he had ever known. | He found the best four warriors he had ever known. |
Surprising Mark Rothko and Alexander Calder. | Shocking Mark Rothko and Alexander Calder. |
Microsoft's position is a reflection of an economic phenomenon often referred to as network externalities (a k a positive economic feedback or increasing returns to scale). | Microsoft has been experiencing increasing returns to scale. |
Outstanding in the ground floor collections are the vast canvases of Gustave Courbet. | The ground floor has canvases from Gustave Courbet. |
Finally, visit the village of Olimbos on Karpathos, where the people, including children, wear elaborate and beautiful traditional costumes. | One can see elaborate and beautiful traditional costumes in Olimbos. |
Broadband PCS licenses were auctioned for Blocks A,B, and C. No auction has been held for blocks D, E and F. | Auctioned for Blocks A, B and C were broadband PCS licenses. |
(The last of these, however, includes Canadians among its 110 million listings--tragically, they do not qualify. | Canadians in the listing do no qualify. |
Most of the organizations said that they had to work to overcome the challenge of maintaining their memberships' enthusiasm and participation so that members would use the communication mechanisms, maintain confidentiality, and continue to share relevant information. | Communication while maintaining confidentiality is very important for any organization. |
i have that one | I own one of those. |
One a week, every week, and getting a little better each time.' | Repeated at a regular interval and on a regular basis. |
Josh Pons did not like this. | Josh Pons was not a fan of this. |
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