Word: accomplish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...TIME's Eastern Europe bureau chief since May, John Moody too has been observing the buildup for the Pope's visit. He talked with clergymen, officials and ordinary Polish citizens about what the Pope's homecoming might accomplish: "When the experts talk," Moody says, "they use words like spiritual renewal and moral uplift as though they were code words for political pluralism and a return to free trade unionism. But when the Poles talk, it becomes obvious that those intangible qualities-renewal of spirit and outlook-are precisely the things Poles lack most dramatically and desire most...
...days when you aspire to accomplish nothing more than watching water beads form on your lemonade glass, follow Long fellow to the legendary village smithy's haunts, the Blacksmith on Brattle St. This cafe features a quiet milieu and some of the Square's best pastries...
...helped push Elliott toward teaching and away from law school. "Behind the closed door of the classroom, a great teacher can make up for a lot of ignorance." His columns on Bremen's teacher's union, as well as his love for American history, and a desire to accomplish something concrete for his community--"they all just finally fused together, and I realized what I wanted to do, what seemed right despite other options." His mother, he expects, will continue to wonder why he didn't choose a more lucrative profession. "And I guess I can see that, sure...
...illnesses: Type A behavior. First identified by San Francisco Cardiologists Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman, Type A has two main components, both of which can be recognized by giving standardized personality tests or conducting careful interviews with the patients. Says Friedman: "First, there is the tendency to try to accomplish too many things in too little time. Second, there is free-floating hostility. These people are irritated by trivial things; they exhibit signs of struggle against time and other people...
...revival of the MX was shrewdly engineered by the President. Reagan lobbied hard in public, declaring on a political foray into Ohio that "if Congress rejects these [Scowcroft] proposals, it will have dealt a blow to our national security that no foreign power would ever have been able to accomplish." Then he met privately with legislators who remained skeptical about the MX. He also sent accommodating notes to lawmakers who had asked for changes in the Administration's negotiating position in the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks with the Soviet Union, which are scheduled to resume in Geneva on June...