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  • I suspect he's delaying because (a) he's not yet certain himself what direction the US space program ought to take in the next few years and (b) much depends on the nature of the economic stimulus program that comes out of Congress and how efective that program is.

    Today's NASA Administrator Gossip - Update - NASA Watch 2009

  • Simple and efective ambient media for beer brand Tyskie.

    Tyskie Red 2009

  • How come a board didn't put a value on his life to determin if it was cost efective?

    Senator's cancer surgery 'successful' 2009

  • Simple and efective ambient media for beer brand Tyskie.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Red 2009

  • I can see where there might be an economic advantage to EELVs for getting the resources there for certain small-scale objectives, but if you're planning long-term, permanent growing presence over time, isn't the big lifter going to be the most cost-efective in the long run? kert

    Constellation Drags - SpaceX Moves Ahead - NASA Watch 2008

  • These “tools” are most efective there, because a generation and a half of Iraqis know nothing else.

    Matthew Yglesias » Shocking 2007

  • Of course there were issues related to security and concerns about "where our info will be", but all that was solved and we are using the services now in a very efective and satisfactory way.

    City of LA Moves Email to Google's Gov-Only Cloud Scola, Nancy 2009

  • His job, as an efective majority leader, would be (have been) to exercise the qualities of Leadership that would keep those who voted to rein in Bush the first time committed to continuing to vote the same way.

    Obtained: A Tape Of Reid's Conference Call With Bloggers -- Reid Did Blast Pace 2009

  • Settlements swing the democratic balance of power in the occupied territories and reduce the effective area which will be considered in any future state, as well as being efective theft of a community's common land.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • If you ran a story on the president's efective elimination of Congress, how would you be able to keep printing all the usual stories based on the notion that Congress still exists?

    Editorial Pages Report the News 2008

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  • Another cheap-as word. The 'd' fell off!

    November 24, 2009