Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Republican James H. Duff (1947-51) is 80, visits his Washington, D.C., law office "only by appointment." One of the original backers of Eisenhower for President, Duff says: "My term didn't last long enough for me to accomplish the things I was doing. Otherwise, I have no regrets about it. But there was my term as U.S. Senator. That stemmed from being Governor. If I could have quit the Senate with dignity, I would have after three years. They had me on the Post Office and Civil Service committees. That was terrible. I was wasting my time...
Their statement that they sold at least part of their interest in Alleghany to Mr. Gamble in order to bring peace to the corporation is just so much hot air. If that was their motive, they would have at least asked me whether the sale would accomplish that objective, and this they did not do in any way, shape or form...
...great golfer strives for versatility: to master the controlled hook, the chip-and-run, the wedge pitch, to learn a dozen uses for each of the 14 clubs in his bag-and gnaws his nails in frustration. But a good offensive tackle knows a dozen devastating ways to accomplish just one mission-block. He even went to college to learn that. In pro football, nothing is left to chance: a single play may have 100 variations, each fashioned as meticulously as a fine Swiss watch. Nothing is what it seems: the quarterback fades back, cocks his arm, looks downfield...
Today, Ampex is well on the road to recovery. This year the company expects to earn $3,500,000 on sales of $92 million, and its stock has risen from a 1962 low of $10 to $16.75 last week. But to accomplish its comeback Ampex has gone through a painful purge...
...accomplish Ampex's turnaround, Bill Roberts has had to neglect his low-90s golf game and better-than-average tennis, and sacrifice virtually all semblance of family life. But now, says he, "it's nearing the point where I'm beginning to be satisfied and lead a normal life. Today, we're running this company with predetermined objectives, not just taking a product and carrying it one little step further...