The Qatari authorities insist they are being proactive and say the World Cup can be a catalyst for change.
The Qatari authorities have insisted they are being proactive and say the World Cup can be a catalyst for change.
"We're just trying to get our clients to be proactive and say that, while this may not be the end-all solution, let's take a look at what's going on around us before we get blindsided," Mr. Coles said.
"The mayor is being proactive and saying, 'What can you do about this before it becomes a big problem again?' " said Eugene Flinn, who took over the highly regarded Amanda's restaurant when the mayor's immediate family sold it in 1996.
The independent review, led by Thomas R. Pickering, a former ambassador, criticized officials in the State Department's Bureau for Diplomatic Security as having shown a "lack of proactive leadership," and said that some officials in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs "showed a lack of ownership of Benghazi's security issues".
But he praised the transportation authority for its proactive protection measures and said Mr. Walder had made the right decision in shutting down the system.
The corporation is spinning today's closures — a product of a wider review of its digital services, the Online Creative Review — as a proactive move, and says it's doing it to remain at the "forefront" of digital broadcasting.
At the time of the deal, Twitter had praised Smyte's proactive anti-abuse systems, and said it would soon put them to work.
"She's doing something proactive and strong," says Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, which sent several staff security experts to aid Gomperts in Ireland.
The progressive and proactive companies, said Vhugen, are the ones that invest in both the land and people.
