Challenges In The News 08/31/08

We are in a struggle against Islamic extremism, but it is more like the cold war than a hot war – a long, most peacetime challenge in which a leader must be willing to use military power but also know when not to do so.
Those are the kinds of challenges that the next president truly needs to address.
The challenge for Sen. McCain is deciding what part of the view to emphasize. People will have to do the calculation.

Hoffman, never one to shrink from a challenge, tolled up his sleeves.
“It’s a really challenging time – not only for the birds but for us,” said Sorenson, who said his organization was the only nonprofit group releasing condors and managing them in the wild. Its base of operations, which includes a staff cabin and two large pens for the condors, is in the Big Sur canyon that has been severely burned.

Thiel soon persuaded Hoffman to sign on as an executive in charge of the company’s challenging relationships with EBay, financial institutions and government regulators.

USA faces challenge to medal dominance

Rationalizing Whole Foods’ business without alienating customers will be a tough challenge.

“I’m challenging Sen. McCain’s judgment,” said Massachusetts Sen. Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday.

Washington Post to Name a New Editor – Who Will Face New Challenges

Don’t recycle ‘e-waste’ with haste, activists warn. The challenge for consumers who use free drop-off events is to know when to be concerned and when to feel at ease about their gadgetry’s final resting place. What’s more, both the EPA and NSWMA challenge activist’s claims that e-waste in landfills poses risks to groundwater.