Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cagers refuse to give Tulane any credit. They could have had control of the game. They just let it slip away...
...drop in penalties "definitely shows that they're concentrating on playing smart football," Berry said of his players. "It's one phase of the game that you really have a tremendous amount of control over...
...proposed to replace the houses with a hotel, and the Rent Control Board originally approved the plan. But tenant activists appealed the board's decision and a superior court judge recently sent the proposal back to the city board to hear more evidence...
What this all means is that Bush needs to be handled. He will be far more engaged and active than the passive Reagan, who was content to let others control details under his broad guidelines. Bush awakens early, starts working and reading almost immediately, and generates a prodigious number of memos, questions and ideas. But he requires strong staffers whom he trusts and who can help shape his agenda...
Bush will face a far easier road in foreign affairs. With the exception of a deteriorating situation in Central America, the world map could hardly look friendlier. The Soviets appear eager to ease tensions, improve trade, talk arms control and relieve pressure on their disastrous domestic economy. Bush says he has learned the value of a hard-line, waiting approach from Reagan. He will be more eager than Reagan to exploit the new foreign policy trends in the Soviet Union, though he will be extremely cautious about destabilizing Eastern Europe and prompting a Soviet crackdown...