While the major military powers have convened in the Persian Gulf to assure the flow of oil from the Middle East, the oil world itself seems to have forgotten the tension.
At one White House meeting recently, the idea of using military resources to assure the flow of humanitarian aid was described as "the least-bad option," according notes given to an official in a cabinet agency that would be involved in carrying out the proposal.
These checks and balances might include: First, assuring that the flow of compliance and risk information from senior management is timely, complete and in a context readily understandable by board and committee members.
The management objectives vary considerably from area to area, but many include the goal of assuring the continued flow of fishery foods to coastal communities.
Travel, transportation, trade, pollution, and ecological disruption all play a role in assuring the constant flow of disease from one part of the world to another.
But others must recognize that open markets and rule-based trade are the best engines we know of for raising living standards, reducing global poverty and environmental destruction and assuring the free flow of ideas.
"Open markets and rule-based trade are the best engines we know of for raising living standards, reducing global poverty and environmental destruction, and assuring the free flow of ideas," Mr. Clinton said.
For decades America had defined its interests in utilitarian terms: regional stability, countering terrorism and nuclear proliferation (and, in the cold war years, Soviet influence), defending Israel's security, assuring the free flow of oil and other commerce.
Constraints (13)–(16) assure the flow balance at hybrid collection/inspection, recovery and disposal centers.
Afghanistan's desire to assure the continued flow of billions of dollars in assistance is one reason American and NATO officials are expressing guarded optimism that an agreement will be reached.
