Mr Sarkozy, who likes to make a splash and please the Americans in equal measure, has hinted strongly that France could soon rejoin fully.Not, however, without one key condition: more progress on European defence.
"The clear thrust of the call was that we need to see more progress on getting the Palestinian security forces to stop the violence," one senior official said.
First, BioLuminate needs to make more progress on the data-handling front.
And transportation officials made more progress on shuttered lines and crossings.
I found the sight of Bono last week calling for "more progress on transparency" equally revolting.
Over the last week he's made more progress on this than he has in many years.
If I knew that, we would have made more progress on the case".
"The question is, why are the students making so much more progress on the state tests?
Trump arrived in Beijing today, and he is likely to unveil more progress on that front.
As a result, vehicles have made more progress on energy efficiency than office buildings, houses and apartments.
If we could bridge this "God gulf," we would make far more progress on the world's ills.
