Word: approach
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...defames the whole enterprise of rationality, and threatens to warp our view of national and international problems. We cannot call an exorcist to scare the deficit away. We cannot wait for the moon to come into Jupiter to resolve the conflict in the Middle East. A pragmatic, hard-headed approach is the only thing that will save this country, and it has not been much in evidence lately...
...cast himself in the festival spotlight. In choreographing eight new ballets in a brief time, he is taking on his old mentor's role by nourishing his troupe. But Mr. B. was drawn by artistic curiosity to explore the dance possibilities in a single composer. In choosing an eclectic approach, Martins has struck...
USDA officials say that Roth's work was instrumental in helping them decide how to approach the growing cockroach infestation problem in Florida. "[The Asian cockroach] has a present potential to be a pest problem, so [Roth's] work is very significant in defining the pest problem," says Richard Patterson, research leader at the USDA's division on insects affecting man and animals...
...were there in 1984. "If Dukakis gets pictured as soft on defense," says Slagle, "he's in a ton of trouble down here." Slagle's solution: lure Georgia Senator Sam Nunn onto the ticket by offering to make him Secretary of Defense as well as Vice President. That unorthodox approach would compensate for Dukakis' lack of expertise in national security affairs, but it would be a confession of weakness on his part. A choice for running mate is supposed to welcome the invitation without imposing large conditions...
Iran's growing unpredictability has prompted U.S. military planners to begin changing American rules of engagement in the gulf. Administration officials suggested that a "cooperative approach," using help from U.S. allies, will be employed with greater frequency in the future. The goal is to put Iran on notice that the U.S. Navy could come to the aid not just of U.S.-flagged vessels in the gulf, as is currently the case, but also of those registered to other nations...