For the candidate who is elected, the challenge will be to sustain the reduction in violence and encourage political headway now that the "surge" of combat brigades is over and the military is scheduled to withdraw yet another brigade by February.
But the Blues were unable to make any further headway.
And detailed discussions on agriculture and services (which, as the WTO points out, cover about two-thirds of world economic output) have made much more headway than expected.One factor encouraging developing countries to look more kindly on the WTO framework is the unpalatable alternative if multilateral negotiations collapse.
While these jobs, almost all of them teaching-focused faculty positions, don't carry the same cachet as faculty jobs at research institutions, it's encouraging that underrepresented minority scientists are making headway in at least this corner of the workforce.
With a flurry of phone calls in recent days, it has been pressuring Israeli and Palestinian leaders to make headway in resolving their latest, yearlong conflict in hopes of encouraging Arab states to support an international coalition against terrorism.
Prodding the Iraqis A related and vital question is how the candidates hope to encourage the Iraqis to make headway on political reconciliation.
Archie, the war-gaming protagonist, congenitally single and at the mercy of his self-excoriating Internal Monologue, begins to make astonishing headway with a beautiful goth, who encourages him to explore his Psychic Self instead (resulting in a brilliant contrast between headbound voices as the dry unkindness of Archie's IM gives way to the well-meaning but wifty-wafty PS).
As a Brit in Silicon Valley, I'm always encouraged when I hear about my fellow countrymen making headway amid their Yank counterparts.
Encouraged by Deborah and the Amnesia Association, the charity (since merged with Headway) that she helped to set up, the NHS now has specific recommendations for people suffering from brain injuries.
The US hope is that headway on security could spill over to the other negotiating topics, and also encourage Israel to present its positions on the borders of a Palestinian state, something it has thus far refrained from doing.
