Word: disarrayed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Administration has a new President done so much of such magnitude so quickly to change the economic direction of the nation. Reagan not only won 90% of his economic program, but did so with a display of political organization and savvy that left his opponents reeling in disarray. For a President supposedly untutored in the ways of Washington and suspected by some of lacking the acumen and the energy that the Oval Office demands, Reagan has proved to be astonishingly sure-footed and dynamic. As House Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas told him in a congratulatory phone call...
...congress convened at a critical juncture. Nearly a year after Poland's striking workers had won an unprecedented set of liberal concessions from Warsaw's Communist bosses, the country was reeling under a deepening economic crisis, and the party was in disarray. Hard-liners were calling for repressive measures that could spark a new wave of labor unrest; radicals demanded sweeping reforms that some feared might send Soviet tanks rolling across the border. What was needed, above all, was a strong, credible leadership and clear policies for dealing with the country's problems...
...Disarray in foreign policy is under fire at home...
...once mighty consumer lobby, which generally enjoyed favor during the Carter years, is currently in disarray; it has few friends and almost no influence within the Administration. The consumer groups have, so far, been concentrating their criticism on the cozy relations between the new administrators and the industries they now watch over. Says David Cohen, who recently resigned as president of Common Cause: "This is tantamount to turning the keys over to industry." Reagan's deregulation challenge will now be to cut back on inefficient Government rules without at the same time making federal agencies mere pawns of American...
...over the years has built a reputation on the Hill as likable, earnest, cautious,and absolutely trustworthy. Among the show horses of Congress, he is a workhorse. Rostenkowski was close to his goal of becoming Speaker when the 1968 Democratic Convention intervened. Lyndon Johnson, watching the convention slide into disarray as violence escalated in Chicago's streets, phoned Rostenkowski from Texas and told him to take charge. Rostenkowski did, but only after snatching the gavel away from embarrassed Majority Leader Carl Albert. Two years later, Albert, then Speaker, vetoed Rostenkowski's nomination as majority whip. Rostenkowsi...