But, to the dismay of some anti-abortion campaigners, that change would give a higher priority to the mother's life if she is in danger (other than from a suicide threat) than to a fetus's right to life.
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What was he trying to signal about where climate change would fall on his priority list in a second term, and is there any upcoming action that you can point to that he's going to take on that topic?
For esteemed financial experts like Shiller, there is a special responsibility to press for the obvious top-priority change: transparency in derivatives trading.
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Mr Obama has made climate change a major priority for his administration, after previous incumbents had failed to ratify the Kyoto treaty.
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Since starting his job as secretary of state in February, Mr Kerry has devoted most of his energy to the Middle East and has also indicated climate change is a priority for him - two intractable issues for different reasons.
For example, climate change remains a most important threat to biodiversity and thus CO2 reduction is a top priority of the company.
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Kent Schaffer, who held on for six months before being fired earlier this year, said Mr. Stanford wanted the criminal trial to be moved to another city, in spite of being advised by Mr. Schaffer that the priority should be to prepare for trial, not to fight for a change of venue, among other "superfluous" issues.
Bush said his administration will fully fund high priority areas for scientific research into climate change over the next five years, and help developing nations to match the U.S. commitment.
In addition to resonating more with people of all ages for whom social change has become a high priority, being a social purpose leader is a competitive imperative: Samsung, Microsoft, and Research in Motion are much more evolved in this area.
In 1979 3M revamped its technology--sold under the Opticom brand--to allow it to recognize two different priority levels: a high level for emergency vehicles, which could force traffic lights to change immediately and a lower level for transit vehicles, which could hold off changing the light entirely if changing the light to green would snarl traffic.
Taxes are a big priority, of course, but with the quasi-sea change this election is effecting, they need some time to settle on who does what.
The key to getting people past their discomfort to actual behavior change is persistence: a behavioral change initiative will fail if it is no longer a priority six months later.
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