To resolve problems means that the staff is watching out for emerging problems that need an immediate resolution.
Perhaps it helped both ease the pressure and concentrate Murray's mind, for there was no doubting his immediate focus and resolve.
Responding to today's judgment Niall Dickson, the GMC's new chief executive, said the council would "take immediate steps to resolve the outstanding issues" raised in the complex judgment – and convene an expert group to look into wider questions raised.
After banking regulators told her some parts of the financial system were as unsafe as before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, she said policymakers needed to take immediate action to resolve issues hanging over from the crisis.
Microsoft also said it took immediate steps to resolve the issue, and said it would send all affected users' computers a software update by the end of this week allowing users to choose a browser other than Explorer.
There may be one salutary result of all this stumbling: Self-confident Foreign Service officers who are aligning themselves with the more capable among the C.I.A. operatives attached to their embassies resolve immediate problems with local officials before the commandos swoop in.
But the collapse of the Senate measure, which like its House counterpart would have financed government agencies through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, means Republicans could begin the new Congress with an immediate need to resolve the spending stalemate.
Here in Washington, otherwise intelligent people say that immediate action to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict might be nice, but isn't critical.
Gilmartin said that housing officials had been informed of the problem and took immediate steps to resolve it, leading to "automatic" room assignment changes.
