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task noun act, activity, assigned work, assignment, burden, charge, chore, concern, duty, employment, engagement, enterprise, function, job, labor, mission, obligation, operation, practice, project, pursuit, role, specialty, trade, undertaking, venture, work See also: act, affair, agency, burden, business, calling, campaign, capacity, charge, duty, employment, endeavor, enterprise, exact, function, job, labor, mission, obligation, occupation, operation, part, post, project, pursuit, responsibility, role, specialty, tax, trade, undertaking, venture, work How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| When American critics of the United Nations sound off on the organization, they are always ambiguous about what they mean: about whether they are attacking the organization as an institution, or whether they are taking to task the members of the United Nations--that is, almost every country--for disagreeing with them. I am taking to task the whole media, which seems to include our church newspaper, for supporting this hijacking of one of the most beautiful words in the English language. As I observed the to and fro between Congress and the USDA, I recalled my own experiences in Congress taking to task a secretary and being on the receiving end. |
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