Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rockefeller, of course, would like to accomplish the rapprochement before 1976, but he is realistic enough to realize that time is short and that his reputation still causes what he calls a "visceral reaction" among many conservatives. He is pleased with the new spirit of detente that he has managed to work out with Goldwater. "I'm very big on him," says Rockefeller. "We have been good friends over the years-with a few unfortunate hiatuses. We have a great many fundamental concepts about this country that are very similar...
...decades. The real issue must be the particular school and its quality, not the means used to get students to class. If Mr. Ferrara's suggestion is to be taken seriously, an informed and completely free choice of public schools should be open to all students and families. To accomplish such a plan, the extent of busing would have to be increased far beyond the highest projections of its scope under the present Garrity plan in Boston. Most parents would want to see their children attend the same schools, and those would be the predominantly white schools, the same schools...
...last spring and fall and into the winter months Strauch was kept busy telling groups of alumni about his committee and what it was supposed to accomplish to a fairly...
...Rizzo, is a tough law-and-order ex-cop. Rizzo's rival in the state capital, Democratic Governor Milton Shapp and his political allies in Philadelphia saw a chance to score two points: clean up the graft-ridden police department and discredit Rizzo at the same time. To accomplish these aims, Shapp turned to a device that is becoming increasingly popular as a way of policing the police and the criminal-justice system. His administration appointed a special prosecutor, a figure above the political squabbles and beholden to no man, the contemporary equivalent of the legendary Western marshal...
...have voted $150 billion for South Viet Nam over the years. It is easy enough to refute such arguments as exaggerated, but they do point to a deep underlying confusion - not only between Congress and the Executive but also in the country - about what America can and should accomplish in the world...