Word: ende
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...end, it was Powell's West Wing experience that took him over the top. Aided by his teddy-bear good looks, Powell projected a relaxed sociability among Reagan-Bush Republicans as effectively as he has done through his 31 years of Army service. But he was also able to slip seamlessly into a cool, no-nonsense demeanor when needed. Subordinates learn not to waste words in meetings he chairs. "Powell has many of the qualities that Bush admires," said a White House aide. "He's a team player, highly capable but modest. And he knows how Government works from...
Still, the latest attempt to end the eight-year war in Nicaragua was a rebuff to the U.S., which has supported and guided the contra effort since its inception in 1981. Right up to the last minute, the Bush Administration lobbied regional leaders to postpone demobilization until after the Nicaraguan election, scheduled for Feb. 25, to give the Sandinista regime at least some incentive to uphold its pledges for a free and fair vote...
...loans, clean air, arms control -- that he might have ducked. He has kept a Democratic Congress off balance and has mollified the conservative wing of his own party. If he has hit no grand slams, neither has he committed any egregious errors. "I'm reasonably pleased where, at the end of six months, things are," Bush told TIME. "I'm not relaxed about it. I'm not in an everything's fine mode at all. But in terms of how the decisions are made, I'm very pleased with the way our team is operating...
...Clancy Brothers, however. Only half of them are Irish (MacGowan, 31, was born in Ireland but moved to ! London when he was six), and it quickly became apparent back in the formative days that working up a repertoire of Irish music exclusively, even punked and pulverized, was a dead end. "It was patronizing," says Stacy simply. So instead of the raw Irish musical tradition itself, the band took the spirit of the tradition, which Stacy compares convincingly with rhythm and blues and reggae...
...Another Northwest DC-10 turned back to Detroit immediately after takeoff because the flap controls were not working properly. By week's end many anxious travelers were avoiding bookings on DC-10s. Addressing the fears, Federal Aviation Administrator James Busey maintained that there is no evidence that DC-10s are less safe than other airliners...