Continental's short term goal is to relieve the driver of tedious and monotonous activities, such as driving on highways with minimal traffic or in low-speed situations like traffic jams.
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Palestinian unity is the primary short term goal for most Arab leaders especially the Saudis, who in February brokered the Mecca Agreement that led to the short-lived Palestinian unity government.
It is clear to many observers that while Chavez's short term goal is to elevate his image in the eyes of his countrymen, his overall aim is to strengthen the FARC and to weaken the Uribe government.
These stark realities have prompted some would-be mediators to worry less about Kosovo's long-term constitutional status and to focus instead on the short-term goal of securing a ceasefire, ideally with dividing lines clear enough for peacekeepers to monitor.
The short-term goal of stabilizing the currency is creating a bigger problem of corporate insolvency.
China would then have achieved its short- term goal of removing U.S. troops from the peninsula.
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But Washington does seem to be winning in its short-term goal of keeping Venezuela off the Security Council.
They incentivize for a short-term goal of delivering greater than budgeted results, rather than for base-store profit growth year over year.
Getting clear on your short-term goal can help you evaluate whether to volunteer for a committee or take on an extra work assignment.
The most obvious short-term goal is the French Open in Paris, also on red clay, where Nadal has won a remarkable seven times, including last year.
An already frustrated workforce will become even more angry, and likely take out their frustration on a Republican Party that has been insisting deficit reduction should be the nation's short-term goal, rather than stimulating the economy.
If you want to keep it somewhere safe and accessible for emergencies or a short-term goal like a home purchase in the next 5 years, you might want to open it with a bank, credit union, or money market fund.
The government has said the fare increases are necessary in the short-term to achieve the goal of bringing down the cost of running railways and making services less dependent on taxpayers.
"You can judge these policies by their goal, and it's very much a goal of short-term stimulus, " Souleles says.
We have the opportunity to help many people in the short-term, but the ultimate goal is smaller, less intrusive government.
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These steps are just a short-term down payment on our larger goal of ensuring that all Americans get the skills and education they need to succeed in today's economy.
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Surprisingly, the idea that short term profit maximization was the only corporate goal only really translated to the boardroom for the economics classroom in the 1980s and onwards with the rise of business school education.
Your legacy is a long-term goal, cash is a short-term investment.
Instead of focusing exclusively on short term gains and efficiency innovations, the very goal of the firm has to shift to delighting customers through continuous value-adding innovation.
The goal of this may be short-term political gain but the result will likely affect our trade and security policies for years to come.
While the firm is pursuing short-term financial returns to shareholders as its primary goal, it will always need a profusion of C suite jobs to adjust the repercussions of a goal that has limited long-term viability.
Yes, you should have a long-term goal of where you want to eventually get to, but you also need to have short-term goals that are specific, realistic, and measurable.
Last week on CNBC, John Silvia, chief economist for Wells Fargo Securities, asked me how, as a disciple of asset allocation, I help my clients focus on the long-term goal in the face of such dramatic short-term volatility.
Although liquidity crises are short-term emergencies and macroeconomic stability is a medium-term goal, locked credit markets soon have wider economic effects.
But even that modest-sounding goal is virtually impossible, at least in the short term.
For many years my colleagues and I have seen business and non-profit leaders intentionally capture the spirit and energy of a short-term crisis and use it not only to achieve the immediate goal, but also to build more effective ways of working over time.
In short, the act of savings helps create and reinforce persistence towards a long term goal such as college.
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"Cathy's long-term goal now is to compete in Athens but, in the short term, her aim is to qualify for this year's world championships in Paris, " said Fortune.
If our ultimate goal is to bring down the regime, then a short-term plan must effectively deter and contain the DPRK over the next several years.
In such a stakeholder economy the primary goal, it is said, is not the maximisation of short-term profits for the benefit of the shareholders.
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