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"What scares me about this is you could have a bunch of people who want to intervene - a weird coalition with short-term agreement on intervention but zero long-term end-state agreement," says one U.S. official familiar with the discussions.
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"What scares me about this is you could have a bunch of people who want to intervene - a weird coalition with short-term agreement on intervention but zero long-term end-state agreement," says one U.S. official familiar with the discussions.
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"Failure" implies actual winners and losers, and that some end-state can actually be achieved, whereas complex problems are constantly shifting, emergent phenomenon.
Rahim Kanani: Making the Most of Philanthropy: Authors of 'Give Smart' and 'Do More Than Give' Share Insights Rahim Kanani 2011
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For Americans, the world is more like baseball and American football -- set-piece, legalistic and obsessed with risk to an extreme, points-productive, with a clearly envisioned end-state, and overly commercialized and monetized.
Christopher Holshek: Learning From the Girls Christopher Holshek 2011
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"Failure" implies actual winners and losers, and that some end-state can actually be achieved, whereas complex problems are constantly shifting, emergent phenomenon.
Rahim Kanani: Making the Most of Philanthropy: Authors of 'Give Smart' and 'Do More Than Give' Share Insights Rahim Kanani 2011
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It may not be clear exactly what end-state they envision or what process they think might get them there, but that a large majority aspires to a stable, conflict-free future is unmistakable.
Dr. Howard Sumka: Political Elites Have Failed Israelis and Palestinians Dr. Howard Sumka 2011
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If that leads you to a miserable end-state, huddling with the children in a fall-out shelter clutching silver bullion, then you can congratulate yourself as the vanguard of civilization.
Boing Boing 2009
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For Americans, the world is more like baseball and American football -- set-piece, legalistic and obsessed with risk to an extreme, points-productive, with a clearly envisioned end-state, and overly commercialized and monetized.
Christopher Holshek: Learning From the Girls Christopher Holshek 2011
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The "why" helps you clarify the goal and the desired end-state.
Leadership 2010
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It may not be clear exactly what end-state they envision or what process they think might get them there, but that a large majority aspires to a stable, conflict-free future is unmistakable.
Dr. Howard Sumka: Political Elites Have Failed Israelis and Palestinians Dr. Howard Sumka 2011
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