Word: accomplished
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impossible to accomplish in one big step, attainable only through many small ones. That at least seems to describe Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's strategy of "gradualism," which he began pursuing after last year's October war. It has included ceasefires, face-to-face Israeli-Arab meetings, and partial withdrawal of Israeli forces occupying Sinai and the Golan Heights. This week, in the wake of Kissinger's sixth postwar visit to the area, comes another crucial moment...
Unfortunately, a radio telescope that could accomplish the equivalent of what, say, the 200-in. Mount Palomar telescope does optically would have to consist of a dish-shaped structure many miles in diameter-an obviously impractical requirement...
...large share of our government consists of organizations which accomplish one purpose or another in ways that are not radically different from organizations in the private sector. For example, as a hospital the Cambridge (City) Hospital is not too different from the Somerville Hospital or the Mt. Auburn Hospital. Of course some of the governmental organizations are unique, such as the Army or the Internal Revenue Service, but they still follow the organizational principles that would be followed if they were not public enemies...
That, of course, was not exactly news even before the town meetings began. So what did the summit and the twelve minisummits that preceded it accomplish? Substantively, not much. The Administration's economic policy probably will continue to be the "oldtime religion" of budget cutting and tight money. Ford had proclaimed himself to be in search of new ideas to combat inflation; in fairness to him, hardly any were offered. Instead, the delegates to the summit and the preliminary meetings mostly repeated well-worn themes and biases. Ford had to listen to some sharply worded attacks on his advisers...
...university had to cheat on its policy of accepting "1000 famous male leaders" to a accomplish it, but Yale admitted its first sex-blind class this year since going co-educational in the fall...