So how do you move out of drift and into confident action?

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Analysts and investors welcome Mr Schultz's return because it shows the company is taking action to correct its drift.

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The Counting Women In coalition, which campaigns for equal representation of men and women in national and local government, said its report showed "continued drift" was inevitable without targeted action - including more women being selected in winnable seats.

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The cast includes Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Elias Koteas, John Savage, Woody Harrelson, George Clooney, and John Travolta, with strong performances from younger actors like Ben Chaplin and Jim Caviezel, but they all drift in and out of the action, never staying long enough to hold center stage.

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And that, like continental drift, is hard to see in action.

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Speaking before the meeting, Mr Trimble said he would be forced to take action if the government allowed the political process to drift into crisis.

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