No one can argue that the ATF doesn't deserve to be held accountable for what was an admittedly high-risk operation: the idea was to facilitate drug cartels' purchase of guns over-the-counter in the US (a trade that was already happening), and then track these specific guns to their ultimate service in drug-running.
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Ms. Salusbury, who leads Related's residential leasing operations, said the idea for a technology concierge evolved from watching residents and learning about their needs.
The principles apply equally to events like train crashes, treating sick people in remote areas, or even military operations; the underlying idea is that it's vital, when time and resources are limited and needs are devastatingly urgent, to differentiate between those patients who might be saved by intervention and those who won't be.
Lynn Carroll, the company's operations manager, had the idea of painting the trucks pink.
In the indictment, prosecutors charged that Synthes officials considered seeking permission in 2001 from the F.D.A. to run a trial of the bone filler in back operations but rejected the idea.
This trial balloon quickly popped -- the U.N. instead implemented a more traditionally passive peacekeeping operation -- but the idea was in the air this year beyond Liberia.
When Bin Ladin finally approved the operation, he scrapped the idea of using one of the hijacked planes to make a public statement but provided K.S.M. with four operatives, only two of whom ultimately would participate in the 9/11 attacks.
On the other hand, people familiar with the Braves' operation scoff at the idea that they lose money, given, among other revenue sources, the national scope of their cablecasts on TBS and their own boast of having the most comprehensive sports broadcasting in baseball.
But Sandy Alderson, executive vice president for baseball operations, did not dismiss the idea out of hand.
