Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unconscious source.... This type of person serves Soviet interests and works under KGB control without realizing what he is doing. Lenin used to call such people useful idiots. Without being conscious KGB agents, they are often in a position to accomplish far more for the Soviet Union than the people who are knowingly working...
...Liberia out of its rut. Says James Tarpah, vice president of the University of Liberia: "The issue is not whether they go back to the barracks, but whether they can provide the leadership for much-needed change. That is a shock treatment that may be easier to accomplish by decree than by voting." It seems for now a sentiment that most Liberians endorse...
...unconscious source.... This type of person serves Soviet interests and works under KGB control without realizing what he is doing. Lenin used to call such people useful idiots. Without being conscious KGB agents, they are often in a position to accomplish far more for the Soviet Union than the people who are knowingly working...
...Congressman from Illinois knows all too well the fix he is in. "We are getting into a critical phase of the campaign," he says. He tried his best to perk up his showing by performing the tasks that party candidates accomplish at conventions: choosing a running mate and issuing a platform. His vice presidential selection, Democrat Patrick J. Lucey, former Governor of Wisconsin (see box), is hardly likely to give Anderson a major boost. Lucey is a skilled campaign planner and organizer, and has close ties to labor leaders, who have been very suspicious of Ander son. Still, Lucey...
...congress's actions was that Hua, who is also Chairman of the Communist Party, would formally be relieved of his government duties as Premier and replaced by former Governor of Sichuan province Zhao Ziyang, 62. That was likely to be the most dramatic step taken to accomplish the ambitious goal of transferring government power from one group to another. Along with the resignation of Hua, who, at 60, is himself relatively young, will come the voluntary departure from their government posts of some half a dozen old revolutionaries. The group includes the mastermind of the whole set of changes...