Word: auguste
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Darman was the top aide and protege to James A. Baker III during his four years as President Reagan's first chief of staff. In Reagan's second term, Darman was deputy to Baker as treasury secretary. Both left the government when Baker resigned in August to run Bush's presidential campaign...
...Because the campaign had trouble developing an overall message, it failed to devise an advertising strategy. The so-called Future Group, the campaign's talented ad team, struggled through August without direction. Hundreds of scripts languished unmade, including several excoriating Bush. Meanwhile, internecine warfare broke out among the team's big egos. One adman even sought to purge Dukakis' closet of tacky ties and ill-fitting suits rather than focus on creating a national ad campaign...
Quicker than you can say "currency speculation," the U.S. dollar has slumped to the lowest levels since last spring, completely wiping out the effects of a summer rally that had lifted the currency nearly 10% by late August, to a peak of 136 yen. Buoyed in part by a booming U.S. economy, the currency threatened to become strong enough to hinder progress in closing the trade...
What's missing in brawn is not lacking in enthusiasm. Like most of the squad, Thomas is a walk-on who just showed up for practice last August, drawn by the rare opportunity to play big-time football. Many are footing S.M.U.'s $13,200-a-year expenses themselves. "This is one great chance I couldn't pass ; up," says quarterback Greg Ziegler. There are pragmatic reasons too for getting on with the reborn Mustangs. "It will look good on my resume," mused a running back. Ziegler figures that "all the pressure of the big competition will help me later...
...shipyard soaked up $18.6 million in subsidies last year -- but because the government's move was so obviously aimed at Solidarity, it threatened to set off a fresh round of political turmoil. The maneuver raised further doubts about whether the government would stick to the offer it made in August to Solidarity in exchange for ending labor unrest: "round-table" meetings during which the legalization of Solidarity could be discussed...