My immediate motivation for addressing this issue is the fact that over July 15-16, my wife, Melanie, and I will be attending the Save Our Schools conference in Austin.

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While it has no immediate prospect of addressing its relative weakness in fighter aircraft, it is keen to boost its role as a provider of the clever electronics that they need.

ECONOMIST: European aerospace

There could hardly be a clearer signal that addressing the immediate panic in the credit markets and its impact on the real economy is priority No. 1 for the new President and that all involved want to get the Obama show on the road.

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"Addressing the world food crisis in all its immediate and longer-term aspects requires substantial and sustained financial and political commitment, " he said.

CNN: U.N. chief: $20B a year to end food crisis

Its immediate objective should be to validate and bring to bear automated techniques for addressing in the most cost-effective and least time-consuming manner possible the most daunting challenge: Making the Nation's civilian (government and private sector) and military mainframe computers Year 2000-compliant.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Protecting against the 'millenium bug'

We seek the strongest and most sustainable legal framework for addressing these issues in the long term -- not to serve immediate politics, but to do what's right over the long term.

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