To equip federal agencies to meet urgent and complex problems - reducing unemployment and poverty, rising to excellence in education for all our children, building sustainable cities in a sustainable environment, and delivering affordable health care to all our people - will require new commitments to encourage and enlist a new generation of effective and innovative talent.
With a little more rigor in the kitchen, it could easily rise to excellence, but judging by two weekend visits, it is not there yet.
It's possible to have a great meal without being adventurous: larb gai ($11) — a warm salad of chicken, red onions, lime juice and chilies — rises to excellence.
In this role, Tom leads the CGL team, develops innovative coursework, facilitates classroom activities, and provides one-on-one assistance to rising leaders through the Excellence in Government Fellows program, Annenberg Leadership Seminars, the DHS Fellows program, and our three-year leadership initiative with the Department of Education.
Crispy salted chicken and fried prawns with chile and coriander rested — and rose — on the excellence of their central ingredients.
Strapless is part of an all-Wheeldon programme which rises to exhilarating excellence with its two companion works, both created in America and both welcome additions to the Royal's repertory.
But the great majority of entries rise to genuine excellence, with particularly entertaining, insightful or horrifying contributions from Bill Buford (on spending the night in Central Park), Dave Eggers (picking up hitchhikers in Cuba), Mark Ross (being held hostage in war-torn Uganda) and Jonathan Tourtellot (discovering "the two faces of tourism" in Mexico's Copper Canyon).
She'd risen to such excellence as a speedy and accurate typist at the UN maybe?—that now it was time for her to pass on her technique to her fellow Americans.
But the excellence of the Rising Stars program provides a reminder that creature comforts don't overshadow artistic ideals.
But lately it has exceeded all of my expectations, rising to a level of excellence and excitement which is unexpected and unusual in new eateries.
