Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mike brought an intelligent and conscientious approach to his job," said Taylor to a crowded city room last week. "His style, however, was markedly different from what the Globe's editorial staff had been accustomed to for many years. It just didn't work...
...contras. The critical questions: How much? What kind? With what strings attached? Reagan originally chose to demand all or nothing, but many Congressmen are searching for a middle ground. Unwilling to cut off the contras altogether, yet eager to explore diplomatic avenues as well, they want to approach the Sandinistas with a mixture of carrot and stick...
...Sandinistas, it can be reasonably argued, are far more likely to keep their promises under the pressure of armed force. Such a carrot-and-stick approach requires fine calibration, a careful assessment of when to deal and when to threaten. It cannot be carried off unless the Sandinistas know that the Administration is not just bluffing--and that Congress will back up the threats with the wherewithal to sustain them...
...move is certain to please Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, who has been an outspoken critic of the revolutionary approach. But it does not answer other concerns of the military, which doubts the wisdom of Aquino's well- publicized scheme to declare a six-month cease-fire with the Communist insurgents. Indeed, late last week Enrile set back Aquino's plans when he ordered troops to hunt down the insurgents who killed a town mayor and 15 others in the northern province of Cagayan. Declared Enrile: "We cannot allow innocent civilians and our soldiers to be butchered...
...Life isn't fair," is the proverbial response to a bad lottery number. This axiom is indeed a truism in the real world where people who have more money are able to afford better housing. Why not adopt this approach for housing at Harvard? Undeniably, a suite in Lowell House would get more on the market than one at North House, in Harvard's terms. How about offering those spacious suites to the highest freshmen bidders...