But whatever the outcome, at that moment Tuesday night, the focused energy of this president at this stage of his presidency reverberated through the rafters of the Capitol and suggested that this long speech was not a laundry list but a to-do list, an agenda for change offered up by a confident and empowered advocate.
You can be sure that when I was running for this office, things like saving the banks and rescuing auto companies were not on my to-do list.
And because tax-exempt organizations are not bound by the federal do-not call list, the firms were able to randomly call consumers, pitching their services under the guise of a non-profit counseling service.
It has been said that the members of the Senate divide into two groups: those who look into the bathroom mirror each morning imagining they hear "Hail to the Chief, " and those who do not -- with the latter list thought to be the shorter.
The to-do list was not only indicative of the fast-paced life of a restaurateur, but of her unpreparedness for fitting a child into the chaos.
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Mrs Merkel put the constitution at the top of her to-do list, which is not just undesirable (in Charlemagne's view, anyway) but unrealistic: nothing much is going to happen in the next six months because of the French presidential and legislative elections.
Getting the to-do list right is trickier, not least because misguided meddling could make unemployment worse.
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If outside assistance on the first 100 days is not possible, ensure your plan is much more than a glorified "to-do" list.
America has not managed much in the way of growth-enhancing structural reforms and has a long to-do list, from improving worker training to reining in health-care costs.
But the Refugee Council opposes having such a list of so-called safe countries where it is assumed people do not have a right to asylum.
Roosevelt and Frank Sinatra to Queen Elizabeth II and Elizabeth Taylor, the hotel's guestbook reads like an A-list of twentieth century historical figures -- not to mention tens of thousands of well-to-do tourists and travelers.
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