Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only trouble was that the parties involved-the white Rhodesians, the black Rhodesians, the five "frontline" Presidents of Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana and Angola-had sharply differing ideas of what the conference was supposed to accomplish. "Rowlands and Schaufele seemed to be trying not to offend or differ with anyone," said a Western diplomat in Tanzania. "Their idea seems to be to get a conference going, and then hope that things will work out simply because everyone is in one room...
...couldn't help it," Joe explains now, two years hence, his sleeping habits being more irregular, but slightly healthier. "I had things on my mind. Like not being satisfied with what I did the day before, and thinking I wouldn't be able to accomplish everything I had to do the next day." Most insomniacs echo Joe's sentiments. Under such stress, it's suprising that any insomniacs can sleep at all during the school year, with the constant problems and pressures the school year imposes. Some say they've solved the anxiety problem by taking advantage of the summer...
...University to assume a more conscientious attitude toward the guidelines of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In addition, he has carefully balanced his loyalties to the administration and minorities and has had enormous behind-the-scenes influence. His close ties to Bok have enabled him to accomplish far more than his defined duties indicate...
Down in Mississippi, said Lawyer Nathaniel Jones bitterly, "those who resist change now realize that they can accomplish more by manipulating the legal system and the guys with the black robes than if they go out publicly in the white robes of the K.K.K." Jones, who is general counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, had good reason for his angry observation. Last week the N.A.A.C.P. narrowly averted financial disaster. Ironically for the organization that so often used the law and its own national resources to break segregation in one Southern town after another, the trouble...
...Idaho, a reformed thief from Baltimore and a Japanese missionary who introduced Stromberg to the language, customs, and life he would have to lead. But Stromberg found it very easy to get along with his companions: "You forget a lot of yourself when you're working with somebody to accomplish a common goal that exists outside of yourself.," he says. "Especially one you're totally dedicated to and believe...