Word: badly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...still uncompleted Opera de la Bastille. In September the grateful government awarded him the Legion of Honor. But now Barenboim's luck has turned. While President Francois Mitterrand kept silent, he was summarily fired -- and just as summarily vowed to sue. He denounced the "lies, half- truths, bad faith and especially the incompetence of those in charge...
That will still leave Quayle with the problem of overcoming his bad public image. His strategy: to make himself increasingly useful to Bush; build on that relationship to win the respect of other Administration leaders and then members of Congress; and trust their confidence eventually to be reflected in the news media and among the public. If he can make that strategy succeed, the rewards can be great. Five of the past ten Vice Presidents have eventually moved into the Oval Office, and two more have been nominated by their parties for the White House. So the whole nation...
Shamie says the state's current budget crisis presents Republicans with an opportunity in 1990. "One of the most important reasons for optimism is the really bad job that's been done by the opposition party," Shamie said...
...some of these problems arise from bad Government...
...that's easier. There was a perception that things were going from bad to worse on the inflation side and that something ought to be done. The ((Carter)) Administration had got deeply concerned. They said to me they were scared of this exploding inflation and were willing to stand still for stronger measures than would ordinarily be the case. And that is a great advantage. If you can walk into a situation that is felt to be so severely out of kilter, you have greater freedom of action...