The Times's Rod Nordland explained what was supposed to happen in a front-page article this week: "The goal that American planners originally outlined — often in briefings in which reporters agreed not to quote officials by name — emphasized the importance of a military offensive devised to bring all of the populous and Taliban-dominated south under effective control by the end of this summer.
The goal that American planners originally outlined -- often in briefings in which reporters agreed not to quote officials by name -- emphasized the importance of a military offensive devised to bring all of the populous and Taliban-dominated south under effective control by the end of this summer.
Mr. Mugabe has defended the undertaking, called Operation Restore Order, as an urban renewal plan devised to bring stability to Zimbabwe by cracking down on illicit activities and illegal structures.
Similar allegations have been made about Chalabi's "de-Baathification" program, a policy he says he devised to bring justice to those in the Sunni ruling class who had been complicit in Saddam's crimes.
Can you guarantee that no Coalition soldiers looted anything?" Similar allegations have been made about Chalabi's "de-Baathification" program, a policy he says he devised to bring justice to those in the Sunni ruling class who had been complicit in Saddam's crimes.
Pierre Hadot refers to the "spiritual exercises" that Plato devised to bring this goal about.
In north China, giant water schemes are being devised to bring supplies for farming from central China.
Tilikum, the whale who killed her, ignored slaps in the water and other signals devised to bring him under control.
The latest agreement devised to bring peace to this unhappy country, where as many as 2.5 million people have perished in the last four years of war, came along last week, raising cautious hope that the complicated conflict might be nearing an end.
The world's largest clearinghouse for credit-default swaps, ICE Trust, has had second thoughts about registering with regulators, citing concerns over new rules devised to bring transparency to the $600 trillion derivatives market.
