Word: comebacking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Elster does decide to seek rein-statement tothe College three years from now, his requestwould be considered by the Ad Board, but "therewould have to be good reasons for him to comeback," said Dean of Students Archie C. Epps...
...warhorse may yet generate enough adrenaline for another comeback. But even if Yeltsin can hang on, he is a profoundly diminished political figure. His aides last week started negotiating with the Duma over a "political agreement" that would alter the Constitution by taking away the President's power to issue decrees on the economy, limiting his ability to dismiss and appoint governments and transferring many of those prerogatives to the parliament and the Cabinet. In other words, these were the terms for Yeltsin's surrender. In return, the parliament would halt impeachment proceedings and pass a law giving the President...
...passion for excellence that matches his own. Theirs is a marvelously subtle wrangle: Prefontaine ran Bowerman's race in the 5,000 m at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and was beaten; but it was Bowerman who brought him back from self-pity (and maybe self-destruction) and onto the comeback trail before Prefontaine was killed...
...COMEBACK-KID STRATEGY It's Clinton's tried and true way. Keep campaigning. Hit the road, and let the pictures tell the story. Go overseas. When you come home, tout those transportation-bill projects. Raise money for the Democrats now and through 2000. Pray for Al Gore...
...supporters felt betrayed by the temporizing measures he adopted in order to survive, especially his "devolution" of welfare to the states. That was shortsighted of them; sacrificing one measure to save the whole program is the kind of strategic choice a leader must make when in straits. The greatest comeback of the comeback kid was that recovery of his position after 1994, which made his 1996 victory--the first Democrat since Roosevelt to have won re-election--as much a "miracle" as Truman's 1948 victory...